>I’m not going to sit here and appeal to your sense of patriotism, because we’ve all tried that already, and it’s like trying to reason an alcoholic out of drinking. I get that you’re afraid of Trump’s nationalist movement, afraid of primary challenges in your districts, still selling yourselves on the dubious idea that Trump represents the restoration of conservative values, rather than a grotesque perversion of them.

>You’re not going to do the right thing because it’s right, and I’m not going keep pushing that particular boulder up a hill.

>Instead, I will appeal to your self-interest. Because if we’re clear-eyed and mercenary about this, you could be on the verge of a huge political opportunity — and clinging to Trump amid another constitutional crisis might be the only way to screw it up.