So, I want to preface this by saying I have no more faith in libs not blithely accepting whatever is done about Trump than you do, but I feel there is a significant difference in how 2008 libs viewed Bush (evil but lawful-ish) and Trump (a goon). To me, they are both criminals and I think the lies that got us into the Iraq war are even likely a worse criminal offense than any of the many Trump has committed. But Bush was never seen as a mean-spirited bully and that’s really all libs care about.