Their opposition to Trump only burnishes his outsider image which will attract more independent votes.
I wish I could be that sanguine. Everyone in DC hates Trumps’ guts, because he is an existential threat to the slots these pigs and piglets believe they are entitled to at the trough.
The tepid and halting support for Trump can be counted on to reverse on a dime, though, and this is a perfect exemplar of that phenomenon. Trump is going to have run that gauntlet and the grooves in the road run very deep.