GOP Lawmakers Said That They Were Forced To Go Along With Donald Trump's Ways Or Face Retirement

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51. trump is a senile idiot who also happens to be a Russian asset and longtime mobster,

and a lot of the more powerful Repubs who could and should stand up to him anyway don't, because they have taken Russian money. Be it dark money campaign contributions or a sudden influx of Russian business interests pumping money into their state, legally and otherwise, the rubles are just too good. They are bought and paid for, and fear the tweets not because they give a damn about orange julius, but because behind those petulant tweets could be an inconvenienced and unhappy Russian Mafiya.

That's my theory, anyway.

eta - I almost forgot the kompromat. In the runup to the 2016 election, both the DNC and RNC email servers were hacked. The DNC emails were leaked. The RNC emails were not, and still lurk in the background hiding untold secrets.