The #NeverTrumpers painted themselves into a corner, and the paint has not yet dried sufficiently for them to cross back to an acceptable exit. Busting a hole in the wall behind themselves is an exercise in futility, so they are stuck for a while.
Perhaps, some day, they shall renounce their apostasy, and their most sincere contrition will become acceptable in the eyes of their fellows, but all the oxygen in the room may disappear first.
Several are finished. Billy Kristol for one prime example.
He’s done. No road back for that toad.
Lindsay Graham walking around in the crowd after the announcement of Gorsuch looked like a lost puppy.