If Trump were remaining in power, this wouldn't change anything for Trump's enablers. They'd make the same clucking noises they made after Charlottesville, and then continue on by Trump's side exactly as they had before.
Even now, Republicans are pointedly refusing to break with Trump, or even blame him for what happened, let alone condemn him. The exceptions to this are so few they hardly exist – the VT governor, Romney, Sasse, that Illinois Rep who is basically Amash-lite, maybe 1 or 2 more?
Some condemn "the violence" and "the lawlessness," and give passionate defenses of the Electoral College while noting that without it Republicans may never win the presidency again. The truly bold among them may venture to say that Trump's comments "aren't helpful."
And those Republicans are in the minority! Even after a mob of Trump supporters that were incited by the president himself stormed the Capitol, a majority of the GOP in Congress voted in effect to overturn the election and have Trump installed as unelected leader.
Examples held up as GOP "bravery" come from those like Rep. Roy, who said he will not "vote to reject the election" although "that vote may well sign my political death warrant."
For members of the GOP, it is now COURAGEOUS to oppose the end of democracy.
Most Republicans are standing by Trump, even now. Even when, in 13 days, he will no longer be able to lend them the scraps of presidential power they long for.
Even now, most Republicans are still choosing Trumpism for the long haul.
Republicans cannot (or at least, cannot yet) deny that what happened yesterday was terrible – instead, they are denying that Trump or Trump supporters had anything to do with it. They insist it was Trump's enemies who did these terrible things.
The Republican party enthusiastically supports the president who gathered a militia in DC and told them from the Ellipse to go march on the Capitol just before they went and stormed the building.
The president who then told that mob that he loved them.
At one point, a large crowd of rioters is blocked from moving further into the building by Capitol police.
Then at 24:40, a rioter with a bullhorn announces: "We have permission to go into this room... We can go into this room if we are calm and we commit no violence, ok?"
The Trump mob does not obey; they start to push through. For a moment, a few officers try to bar the way.
Then a rioter chastises a cop: "I would just stop, bro, dude, you're not helping... you're going to get me hurt and other people."
Then it appears police let them through.
While securing permission to move further into the Capitol, one rioter tells the Capitol police standing in the way:
"That's what I'm trying to tell you... you've got to stand down. The people out there that tried to do that, they got hurt, I saw it."
May this be the last Trump rally I ever watch, but one last time, here we go.
Trump begins his griping right from the get-go: "I told Kelly, if you lose, you lose, and that's acceptable. But when you win in a landslide and they steal it, that's unacceptable."
Trump, after heaping some fawning praise on his VP: "I hope Mike Pence comes through for us. Of course, if he doesn't come through with us, I won't like him quite as much."
He screwed up earlier and used the word "Democratic" in its correct grammatical context, so he's having an off night.
All right, let's do this. I'm watching Fox tonight. For old time's sake.
Tucker is on with @JennaEllisEsq. Only caught the end of it, but the discussion is very abstract, with generic invocations of transparency and right to vote, etc. Very detached air to the whole exchange.
My Pillow commercial, drink.
"We still have a path to victory," Tucker's subdued next guest insists. He then complains about the failure of a judge to recognize the Trump campaign's "right" to view various election activities.