Will GOP officeholders go down with the Trump ship?

Will GOP officeholders go down with the Trump ships?
That ship in the picture was ugly when it was new, unlike the GOP, which was the first Marxist political party to take control of a national government. Compare Lincoln's actions and remarks on labor to the Manifesto sometime and you must agree. That his best general stopped a Southern counter-revolution also fits the pattern.

Members had been accepting contributions from the Trump Super PAC. Until it is widely known that this fund is very much tainted by contributions from Lev and Igor, who got the money from Ukrainian and Russian Oligarchs, they will stay in line. The second they are made to give back the money because of where it came from, they will not only drop Trump like a rock, they will probably oust him. That the connection was not made in the impeachment trial is legal malpractice by Schumer, Nadler and Schiff. It was a fatal error, quite literally, given the alleged (though overblown) impact of Trump on SARS-CoV-2 deaths.

Once SDNY hears the subpoena arguments and the judge again hints that the OLC memo is invalid, given the recent Supreme Court decision in the case, we may have hit a tipping point. An indictment of GRUdi (the President's handler) in the same district could also force Trump out. The final straw, of course, will be when Moscow Mitch's poll numbers go negative in his reelection race. Mitch cares about only one American's future. His own. Another tipping point is whatever passes as the GOP convention (wherever that will be). As Rachel Maddow says, watch this space.

Will finally getting rid of Trump help Mitch, or anyone else? No. This was always going to be a bad year for the Senate GOP. They have too many cards in their hand. The question is not how many seats will they lose, but if they will keep enough to stop whomever is left from switching parties.

Not encouraging more Senators to switch in exchange for a yes vote on impeachment was a Schumer decision. (I bet he could have gotten 14, but not the needed 20).  He wants a liberal caucus. At some point, he will have no choice but to take on the GOP refugees. If the House GOP is as badly damaged, the question will be how big the Democratic caucus can get before its two wings become too parties.

As for the Federal Secret Police, the proper term is agent, because they are mostly Border Patrol Agents, but the real term is thug. Let us hope that they are not used as election judges. Trump knows that the Secret Service will not let him stay in the White House after losing. His only way to keep office is brute force. More likely, Senate Republicans will pull him or the federal judge in New York will make it fairly clear that the can be indicted now, causing several indictments to be unsealed and the President arrested.