And my original argument that you quoted did not stop with Trump's genetic progeny. My money is on a Cotton/Hawley nightmare.
However, I was specifically talking about his kids, not his ideological progeny, if you can call Trumpies that. Hawley is a shit opportunist head to toe. Cruz really annoys me. In fact I can't think of a Republican who doesn't annoy me. I suppose Liz Cheney deserves some credit right now. The R's are trying to force her to resign but she says nope.
I think it's possible (we got a big hint) that McConnell will try to muster a wave of Rep senators to crush Donald's 2024 hopes. He said as much, so he must think it's possible. Or maybe he was just trying to get the idea out there out in the open, save the GOP from Trump going forward even if they don't get enough votes to convict him. This all really does stink. If he can't be convicted, it's a bad lookout, the level of corruption and look the other wayism in the USA is catastrophic. I'm hoping the bad PR for the R party carries forward in the next two general elections. If not, the situation does look nothing but dire.