The GOP clearly never had a chance with these people. None of them were fighters. You see this with the McConnell’s ad Ryans of Congress.
Oh, the GOP fight. Just not for us. They represent K Street lobbyists and not Main Street voters.
The Russian hoax put the damper on Trump fully accomplishing what he wanted to do. It resulted in several Swamp Rooted GOPers from supporting him early on, therefore he was stuck with weak kneed Sesssions.
It affected his foreign policy.
It affected the people loyal to him.
McConnell never went nuclear, ridding us from the filibuster, where he could have passed legislation with a simple majority there by cutting out Pelosi and Schumer etc etc.
Ryan and company undercuts him with the Omnibus bill.
In the end, no further tax cuts, no major legislation over haul etc etc.