Imagine, if you will, that the January 6 trial goes forward prior to the Republican Convention, and that Trump is found guilty of numerous felonies. How does the party respond?
A fairly large segment of the electorate will care, and Haley may raise some concerns, but the delegates and the base will remain unimpressed. They have already made it clear that they won’t even accept a decision from a jury that is selected in part by Trump’s attorneys. The man is innocent, and a victim of the deep state, and that is that, no matter what anyone says.
And so, Trump will run as the nominee even with a felony conviction on his record.