The dimRats do not rush to the defense of their fellow rats if they see it's going to be a danger to them - like the rats they are, they will desert a sinking ship
ergo, the less support we see rushing to his side, the better the chances this will, as is should, take him down and wake America up.
"O" is between the proverbial rock and a hard place. If he turns his back totally on the church, he stands to loose a bog portion (this was a typo. I meant "big portion" but the more I look at it, I think it's correct- 
) of the black vote. If he defends it, he looses whites.
He's not tap dancing around this, he's on his toes in satin slippers performing pirouettes - badly.