Is There An Associative Principle Involved?

Molly should know better. While they are scared of the mean tweets / personal attacks, they are collectively terrified that the majority of their voters are loyal to Trump and only Trump, not to them. He controls the viability of their political futures. This is no small thing.

— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) November 18, 2020

I'm quite sure it's not commutative. How much political clout does Trump have when Trump is no longer in politics? And if he takes his base with him, why should they stay and elect Republicans?