Why won’t Republican officials break from Trump?

[Tekken_Guy]

Why is is that so many elected Republicans won’t break away from Trump even though he’s been out of office for nearly five months?

[Hammy]

Poll needs an all of the above option.

[GP270watch]

Poll needs an all of the above option.

[Pink Panther]

Generally it's a combination of all four answers.

[Joe Biden 2024]

#3

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

Combination of all of the above, but the fact that a lot of them genuinely like him is an underrated factor, so I voted for that.

[Alben Barkley]

I don’t think they genuinely like him, so not all of the above.

It’s mostly about the base. Trump himself has no power without the cult army he’s formed.

[Joe Republic]

Speaking to ABC's This Week on Sunday morning about House Republicans' overwhelming Wednesday vote to oust her from the role of House GOP conference chair, [Liz] Cheney said she knows lawmakers "expressed concern about their own security" that ultimately swayed their decision on the matter.

Though she didn't specify where the threats were coming from, or which lawmakers have expressed the concerns, Cheney made the claim after discussing social media and went on to say: "We now live in a country where members' votes are affected because they're worried about their security; they're worried about threats on their lives."

The ten Republican lawmakers who joined House Democrats in voting to impeach US President Donald Trump have reportedly been receiving death threats from Trump supporters livid over their abandonment of the president following last week’s Capitol insurrection.

The Daily Beast reported Thursday that the ten lawmakers — Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, John Katko of New York, Dan Newhouse and Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Peter Meijer and Fred Upton of Michigan, David Valadao of California and Tom Rice of South Carolina — have seen their social media flooded with chilling messages and warnings that their days in Washington would be numbered.

Meijer told NBC News on Thursday that the threats started coming in immediately after the Wednesday impeachment vote and that he and his fellow GOP mavericks had put in requests to received armed security details.

“Many of us are altering our routines, working to get body armor, which is a reimbursable purchase that we can make,” Meijer said.

“It’s sad we have to get to that point. But our expectation is that someone may try to kill us.”

The rest are too cowardly to break with the cult, lest they share the same fate.

[TDAS04]

Option 3 is the biggest reason, but:

Poll needs an all of the above option.

[Ferguson97]

Poll needs an all of the above option.

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

Why is is that so many elected Republicans won’t break away from Trump even though he’s been out of office for nearly five months?

Because his policies (A) were successful and (B) are popular with Republican voters.  This applies even to voters who were put off by Trump's Tweets, persona, etc.

[Joe Republic]

Because his policies (A) were successful

Which explains why he was re-elected in a landslide.


(Oh wait, that sarcastic statement doesn't really work on people who think it is literally true.)

[Roll Roons]

Number 3 by far. A lot of the hardcore MAGA people are absolutely insane.

It goes beyond the worry of losing a primary. Lin Wood called for Mike Pence to go in front of a firing squad after he certified the result. Brad Raffensperger's wife got rape and death threats. A Republican State Senator in Arizona, who has a young kid, got doxxed for not supporting the "audit".

[MATTROSE94]

Because of the fact that Donald Trump brought out a lot of Republican voters and shifted states such as Ohio, Iowa, Florida, ME-2, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Mexico, and Nevada to the right when compared to the Obama years.

[dw93]

A combination of options 2, 3, and 4.

[Xing]

2 and 3, and a bit of 4 for some of them.

[Hermit For Peace]

Who knows....all I can say is that they are going to regret their actions. They will be shown to be weak, cowardly wimps who are not deserving of public trust, or of the office they hold. And that is going to suck for them.

[WD]

I’d say it’s #3 for the majority of them, #2 is a runner up, and I think it’s #1 for a non-negligible number of them.

[Pericles]

Because of the fact that Donald Trump brought out a lot of Republican voters and shifted states such as Ohio, Iowa, Florida, ME-2, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Mexico, and Nevada to the right when compared to the Obama years.

Minor quibble, but Obama won New Mexico by 10.2%, while Biden won it by 10.8%, so there was not a shift or trend to the right.