Which is why McConnell is playing footsie with the idea.

While losing the House the last two cycles can largely be chalked up to ordinary anti-president cycling, Trump very specifically cost the GOP the Senate this cycle. If he puts even a modest effort into helping anyone but himself, they almost certainly win at least the Ossoff seat and thus keep control of the Senate. He surely plans on firing up his 2024 campaign about three seconds after leaving office, and absolutely no non-Trump Republican wants the 2022 Senate races to be a referendum on Trump.

Also, not for nothing, but Republican senators are mostly not stupid, and they understand that a week ago Trump literally sent an angry mob to kill them. They were out for congressional blood and they almost got it, and I doubt they were planning on checking party affiliation before pulling the trigger.
[Post edited by Fuzzy Dunlop at 01/13/2021 1:42PM]