This is it, exactly. I’ve long called it the Cult of Perpetual Grievance and Victimhood. Nothing is ever their fault. They absolve themselves of all responsibility for every perceived ill by finding others to blame: Elites, libruls, Demoncrats, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, AOC, Adam Schiff… the list is long and goes back for decades, now. Their side offers no solutions, only blame. It works.
A great many of Trump’s supporters belong to this club. It’s the first time they’ve ever had power or felt like they weren’t the dummies in the room. Pretty heady stuff. Their strength derives from sticking together, no matter what, no matter how many realities they must deny – even when the truth stares them in the face (January 6th, e.g.).
They aren’t going to let go of that power willingly.