Let's just be clear here: Literally all of this was obvious from the moment Trump came down the escalator: his contempt for democracy, his love of authoritarians and violence, and his utter unfitness.

And yet the entire GOP (with very few exceptions) went along with it.

Whatever happens in the next few days, there are 370,000 dead, a dangerous seditious faction in American politics, and violent resistance to the incoming president for the first time since Lincoln. Also: three SCOTUS justices, lots of judges, and a MUCH lower corporate tax rate.

They traded the former for the latter. The price was always clear and McConnell and everyone else was willing to pay it. Never ever ever forget that.