So I went to see what The Rick Wilson had to say about this so far, and I found that he retweeted Mary L. Trump, obviously felt her comment and picture said it all:

But before after that vote: PENCE!!! I missed! At the Federalist Society event in Orlando on Friday:

It IS fascinating. When he was running for president and Trump was attacking him with childish populist name calling, he could have easily gone in the grownup establishment direction, ala Mitt Romney, or even the Bush or Cheny family, but he chose to lay down with the populists and now he just can't shake the fleas:

Arguably a worse lap dog than Pence. And for what?

They can run but they can't hide:

oh just a reminder about what Dan Crenshaw said when he thought he was just talking to his homies; just ran across it looking for something else:

How the G.O.P.’s Censure Fight Exposes the Party’s Deeper Divide (approx. 24 of 168 RNC members voted against censure)

Upcoming primaries will test whether embracing Donald Trump’s election falsehoods is a litmus test for Republican voters.

By Reid J. Epstein and Shane Goldmacher @ NYTimes.com, Feb. 10, 2022, Updated 4:52 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — More than a year after the 2020 election, Donald J. Trump’s false claims of election fraud remain a destabilizing force for the Republican Party, dividing an activist base galvanized by a lie from elites in Washington who are hoping to hold the party together long enough to win back power in Congress in the upcoming midterm elections.

The tension flared this week as Republicans were forced to either explain or denounce a party resolution characterizing the deadly events of Jan. 6 as “legitimate political discourse.” But the episode was a only a preview of the battles ahead, with a series of upcoming primary contests pitting candidates loyal to Mr. Trump against those who, to varying degrees, resist his distortions about the election.

Those races, in Alaska, Georgia, North Carolina, Wyoming and elsewhere, promise to amplify calls for election audits, claims of fraud and a recasting of events surrounding the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. That debate will test the extent to which embracing Mr. Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election — and attempts to downplay the violence that followed — has become a new litmus test for Republican voters.

“It still is a burning ember of passion for the base,” said Matt Batzel, the national executive director of American Majority, an organization that trains conservative grass-roots activists. “If those in Washington try to move on, there is going to be even a greater disconnect and greater frustration with their leadership, resulting in more tension and arguments within the party.”

That prospect is alarming for some Republicans who worry about the long-term consequences of embedding Mr. Trump’s false claims into the foundation of the party. Far more Republicans, however, expressed concern this week about the near-term consequences: With President Biden’s approval ratings falling well below half of voters, many Republicans fear that debate will be a distraction ahead of a 2022 midterm election in which they are otherwise well positioned to take back power.

“The more we talk about Jan. 6, the less we talk about how Biden hasn’t been successful,” said Steven Frias, a Republican committeeman from Rhode Island.

Mr. Frias was among the estimated two dozen of 168 Republican National Committee members who voted last week against the party’s resolution to censure Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the two Republicans working with congressional Democrats to investigate the Jan. 6 riot [....]

Marshall also has

Then, amazing, but I just noted now that this is what our illustrious patron, Michael Wolraich, had to predict on the topic of the GOP torn by Trump way back in July on Twitter. One reader asked for a Thread Reader for the entire thread in Sept., so here that is:

(It behooves to keep in mind, tho, that Wolraich also predicted on this very website that no way Biden could win, so there's that.  To his credit, he has never taken that down!)

I should add that this has been trending on Twitter:

Donald Trump Jr. posts a screenshot on Instagram of what he says is former president Trump’s first post on upcoming social media platform Truth Social