I don’t believe allegience to Trump, being shunned by their party, or even being primaried by a competitor is the primary driving force behind many of the Republican senators voting pattern.
Sure, those are deterrants, much like the famous Trump line by his goons “You have a pretty family, would be a shame if they didn’t stay that way” like the mob. But, I don’t think that’s enough to close their ears to what is being presented to them in the well of the Senate this week.
If the defendent being impeached and up for conviction were a Democrat, say Obama, Biden, or Clinton, if they sneezed the wrong way a member of the republican caucus would be assigned to start impeachment charges against him. Every Republican Senator would easily vote to convict.
Conversely, if a Republican were up on frivolice charges, such as those against Clinton in the 1990’s
many Democrats would not vote to convict. Indeed, there would be no trial.
You see, the Republicans are not against conviction, they just don’t want the only convicted President to be their guy. It doesn’t matter what he did, and he knew that when he did it.
This is not justice, this is not rule of law. This is nonsense. Unfortunately, this is our Republican party.