The GOP offramp not taken

What has struck me in the last 72 hours or so since this impeachment was filed was, as always, the rush to defend Donald Trump and treat him like a martyr among Republicans who know better, I mean, who are putative leaders of the party, you already know Kevin McCarthy and even his rivals and the presidential race Ron DeSantis Mike Pence and the list goes on. I mean, this is probably the thousandth potential off-ramp they could have used to maybe distance themselves between him and Donald. Trump, but what's interesting also is that these are people who don't want him to be their nominee and as long as they don't say anything and have the instinct to kowtow to him, he's only going to get stronger because you know, that's what Deference, I mean. , he has shown that he will thrive in any environment where he is not stopped and where he will accept what is given to him and when people do not stop him, he will just move on and if he has.

Looking at this over the past few weeks, his poll numbers have only gotten stronger compared to the other Santas running against him and it seems like everyone is circling again, which is kind of a Redux of everything that Republicans have. done during the last six or seven years