No one—*no one*—on the GOP side has articulated a basis for not passing a law protecting Mueller's job except by offering the false claim that Trump has never said or done *anything* to suggest Mueller's job is in jeopardy. OK—to *start* with—he previously *initiated his firing*.
2/ As we all recall, Trump had to be *talked down* from firing Mueller. Beyond that, he's repeatedly said Mueller is acting illegally and that his probe should end immediately—i.e prematurely. That leaves the GOP with *zero* legitimate basis for opposing a law protecting Mueller.
3/ As with nearly everything else involving the Mueller probe—*including its initiation*—this is a situation that *Trump* created (in this case the urgent need for a law protecting Mueller) and that Republicans feel they can't acknowledge as such because they'll anger Trumpists.
