Are the Republicans in a secret caucus tonight?

[kentuck]

I would not be surprised.

They will need to take another vote whether or not they still want to stand behind and support Donald Trump?

We will need to watch their comments in the next couple of days to see what they decided?

Nothing has broken their loyalty up to this point. Will they be able to excuse espionage?

[Mr.Bill]

1. They are being blackmailed

so much they have no choice.

[Elessar Zappa]

2. I'm pretty sure they'll continue to defend him.

They have no integrity or sense of shame.

[WarGamer]

3. Trump is holding the leash to 75 million voters

The GOP will do as they're told.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

4. Kompromat is a motherfucker!

[panader0]

15. TFG learned it first from Epstein, then an advanced class from Putin.

[pwb]

5. They are all guilty.

They could have stopped him at two impeachments but instead inspired more bad behavior. Sucks to be puke at all levels.

[yonder]

6. The tramp steamer has been towing them for so long

they think they're cruising behind the Titanic.

Iceberg ahead.

[imanamerican63]

7. Isn't funny how many secret conferences they had over the past 7 years, going back to 2015.....

when came down the escalator? Nope, not funny at all!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

8. Perhaps they are voting in conclave...

Shut away like the Cardinals at the Sistine Chapel when a Pope dies.

[GopherGal]

10. I'm doubtful that they vote...

they don't seem to be a crowd that's in favor of a large electorate. I think they just retreat from public view to await their marching orders/talking points which they will slavishly parrot tomorrow.

I imagine them waiting next to their fax machines for a list of talking points, (although by now they've probably upgraded to an email distribution list for said talking points -- I just enjoy imagining them rushing out to stock up on fax paper). Probably they've gotten them by now, as 4 AM Russian time is well into prime hacker hours and it would behoove their Kremlin overlords to have the message out to the bot-farms by now.

[yonder]

14. There's plenty of smoke, that's for sure.

[C_U_L8R]

9. They're running out of standard lies and excuses.

It takes extra effort to come up with new material. They'll be back by the Sunday shows with a fresh new chorus of poutrage and accusations.

[dgauss]

11. No doubt, and they stall with Hunter Biden's laptop and Hillary Clinton in the meantime.

Hunter Biden's laptop still seems a little bit nebulous. How do you talk about Trump stealing classified information and deflect to some kind of outrage about a laptop of the son of the current president? They're still working on it. And of course, just invoke the words "Hillary Clinton."

But yeah, by Sunday they should have a new script to try out.

[C_U_L8R]

12. They're addicted to buttery males.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. Benghazi! New Deal! SOshuliZms!