Here's the thing. Even if Trump were removed from office, President Pence would be just as amendable to signing a Republican tax cut bill as President Trump. Republican reluctance to criticize or investigate Trump isn't about tax cut legislation. It is about 2018 and 2020. They don't want a replay of 1974/1976. That's it. That's all. They are circling the wagons to try to protect the electoral future of the party, not their legislative priorities.
Republicans circling the wagons around Trump and tax cuts
Here's the thing. Even if Trump were removed from office, President Pence would be just as amendable to signing a Republican tax cut bill as President Trump. Republican reluctance to criticize or investigate Trump isn't about tax cut legislation. It is about 2018 and 2020. They don't want a replay of 1974/1976. That's it. That's all. They are circling the wagons to try to protect the electoral future of the party, not their legislative priorities.