My personal experience has shown me that when governments currupt practices are threatened both Republicans and Democrats alike forget about their differences, circle the wagons and attack the threat.... this is exactly what you are seeing now, Trump is a major threat to them, that's why many Republicans which hold government office both elected and appointed wont support trump.

Government employee and elected officials are protected by these currupt practices and they directly benefit from these practices in many different ways, from civil service to the lobby system, these systems allow organized crime to operate under the cover of perceived honest government, money laundering, extorsion, fraud and bribes are all part of the daily administration of government, lots of elected officials and higher level appointed officials build generational wealth through these practices , which are accepted as day to day business by the people who run the states and country.

It is crystal clear that this is why Trump makes them overflow their under pants with liquid poop. They know it's all over if he gets elected, the news media is well aware of this as well and needs to keep getting their bribes.