Well for one; McConnell could have gone through with an impeachment vote had Trump started to burn things down on his way out the door.

Do you think the House pushed through breakneck-speed impeachment vote, breaking almost all of the rules about witnesses, testimony, procedure all for fun? No, that was calculated to keep Trump in line I think.

Removing all platforms from him, looming impeachment or other threats, publicly denouncing him after four years of pretending to be MAGA...

Now, I don’t have a CNN article to make my case. So maybe you are right.