...that this isn't being at least discussed privately among them.
The thing is, this scandal couldn't come along at a better time for the establishment Republican Party. Trump is already crashing and burning, seems headed for a landslide defeat to a "teflon" opponent with none of our 2016 nominee's political vulnerabilities, and looks likely to not only lose but take the Senate down with him. And now this. If I'm in an independent Republican leadership, this would be the ideal time to decide that Trump must go -- not because of bungling the pandemic and crashing the economy, nor of all the myriad other misdeeds on his part, but because it was now revealed, to "our" shock, that he had been betraying our own military and helping the Taliban kill American troops. What better time to impeach, remove, and prosecute -- a complete repudiation -- and make it look like it was the Republican Party itself, pushed beyond all that any decent American could tolerate, that took the initiative in removing him? That way, they could have President Pence as their standard-bearer, or else dump him and choose another mainstream Republican leader as a "new broom" to sweep aside all of Trump's corruption while still upholding the mantle of "principled conservatism." Given that choice, or the likelihood of going down to defeat with 45 in November and seeing the Democrats take over, it would seem to be a win-win for their side.
And the fact that they don't seem to be even considering it, but instead are circling the wagons around someone responsible for turning a blind eye to American soldiers being killed, shows just how gelded the current Republican Party is.
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