Never-Trump Republicans are exactly that: Republicans.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time — Maya Angelou

Would you call Mitt Romney a Never-Trumper? Maybe. Because only a few months ago he voted not only to convict the President of being guilty of high crimes and misdemeanours, but to remove him from office immediately and permanently. That seems like a pretty Never-Trump to me.

But fast forward eight months and Senator Romney believes that this very President — yes, the one he deemed necessary to have removed from office — should be able to force through a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court either before an imminent election or worse, during a lame-duck session ahead of the inauguration of a new President.

Looking back to his vote to convict that once seemed oh-so-brave, and realising it had no material impact, I wonder whether he would have been so brave if he was forced to cast the deciding vote in a SCOTUS hearing. Certainly, after Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski suggested they wouldn’t support replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the outcome of the election had been decided, their colleague from Utah quickly realised there would actually be consequences to his actions and fell sharply into line.