Rand Paul's recent negative (and really obvious) comments about the SOUTHCOM boat strikes make me realize that the lack of resistance from the GOP is probably even worse than I thought, and that's really saying something.
I think that the conventional wisdom about why more GOP resistance to Trump doesn't happen is some combination of fear (death threats, etc.), and blind ambition (getting primaried). Regarding the first reason, perfectly healthy people like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger - and MANY others - have been proving that wrong for a bunch of years now. Regarding the second reason, GOP members DO extremely sporadically but explicitly resist Trump - like Paul just did. They either won't be primaried, or are resisting the fear of being primaried.
Which suggests to me that we absolutely COULD have a mass resistance to Trump coming from GOP Reps and/or Senators that would not be impeded by those 2 oh-so-scary prospects.
And yet it doesn't happen, and one assumes, won't ever.
Which leaves me with the following conclusion: It's not mostly about fear, and it's not mostly about ambition. It's SIMPLY about a lack of character. What Trump and Trumpism is doing drives good Americans - and good people - crazy. Those GOP politicians are simply not very good Americans or people. It doesn't drive them crazy. Sure, they might roll their eyes or make a few derisive comments in private. But by and large, Trump and Trumpism just doesn't bother them much. Of course, nationwide, they have plenty of company, unfortunately.