In the Matrix, Neo is offered an out.
After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I’m offering is the truth.
The blue pill is an affirmative decision to remain in pleasant fantasy world. The red pill is an affirmative choice to live in a difficult and troubling reality.
By continuing with Trump beyond the point where he has “crossed over into applying overt presidential pressure on the Justice Department to do his bidding” the GOP is an affirmative decision to remain in an anti-constitutional fantasy world, in which America is ruled by a President, not governed by duly elected officials.