Some will go to extreme lengths to avoid that possibility. Many will never give up their belief in the "Bidens are criminals" narrative because they DESPERATELY need it to be true (an unconscious need which runs far deeper than thought) in order to continue to believe that Trump is an appropriate "hero." To do otherwise is to reveal themselves to have been foolish to attach themselves to Trump in the first place, and in the authoritarian systems in which they were raised, being seen as a "fool" made you the target of everyone else's bullying, ridicule, and abuse. Because of this, they desperately NEED to believe (without any evidence whatsoever) that Biden is far worse, which in their marginally functional sense of reality means Trump is still OK and they were not fools to attach themselves to him. If they face up to the realities of the Trump crime family (for which there is ample and increasing evidence), he ceases to meet their need for an admirable, strong, authoritarian leader.
Without that attachment, they feel, at a deeper, unconscious level, like weak, defeated, weeping adolescents cowering in the corner with no ability to assert themselves or protect themselves.
They NEED to attach themselves to an authoritarian figure who, psychologically, fills in for their own missing ability to be strong, independent, and capable of rational decision making, things which were beaten out of them, verbally or physically, by those who raised them. Trump's most ardent followers were raised in authoritarian-ruled families, communities, and communities of faith.
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