"Trump is holding a knee on the neck of American Democracy, and the GOP is the three cops just watching it happen while protecting him."
Well said. The other Repubs are too selfishly afraid of his base and concerned only with their own re-election to criticize him. We are far away from the days of Watergate when there were Repubs that were statesmen who would dare to criticize a fellow Repub who deserved it.
There are some, but far too few, and as far as I know, none in leadership positions.