3/ It's true that some Rs showed great courage in resisting Trump. But they have been hounded out of the party, sent packing into retirement, or subjected to bullying and harassment.
Why? At bottom it's bc they put democracy/rule of law above Trump.
If Trump wins & prosecutes political foes, roots out "vermin," stocks bureaucracy w corrupt loyalists, converts intel agencies into MAGA enforcers, etc, does anyone doubt Rs declaring fealty to him above our institutions will eagerly go along?