That night, Eric Trump, the president’s son, appeared on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News. He said there would be consequences for any member who did not do what his father wanted, threatening that “any senator or any congressman… that does not fight tomorrow… their political career is over.” I received a text from a senior Republican House member who had just watched the interview: “Eric Trump is on Hannity threatening/promising primaries for anyone who does not object. Where is our leadership? Is this what our party has become? I’m beyond disgusted.”

