The tightrope that Republican politicians find themselves on is basically an impossible position.
If they don't fully rebuke Trump, they seriously damage their short-term general election prospects.
If they do rebuke Trump, they seriously damage their reputation amongst their core and open the door to primary challenges and defeats, as well as closing the door to ever mounting a presidential run themselves.
It's ironic that in the election in which a rejection of political correctness is a big part of the Republican movement, hundreds of republicans are currently grappling with trying to figure out what is the politically correct stance for them to take to avoid offending all their supporters who claim to be against political correctness.
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