My gut feeling is that they're not going to turn against Trump until (or unless) the "heartland" folks who got him elected in the first place start to sour against him. There are signs of that starting to happen, but not to the extent that it needs to happen before the Republican leadership can publicly justify it as the "will of the constituents," and can privately feel a higher likelihood of job security in the next election.
Self-interest disguised as public interest is the name of the game here. It was ever thus, but it's so much more apparent when an inexperienced, dishonest, and damnably vocal idiot continues to hold the highest office.
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