Why are the republicans protecting him? They won't lose the WH, just a criminal.

[Equinox Moon]

I don't get it. Why not look into all of this with a special prosecutor and get it out in the open? The only thing I can think of is that the corruption is so pervasive they are protecting themselves.

[GP6971]

1. They're circling the wagons

they're all complicit in some way.

[Le Gaucher]

9. Soon they will be circling the drain.

[volstork]

22. Well played!

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. I don't think it is possible for us to understand such brainwashed/authoritarian types

The gulf between us and them is simply too large to comprehend.

[Equinox Moon]

4. Good answer.

I forget I am trying to understand a species of people that have different brains.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. between the fact they are scared shitless of everything, and are in lockstep

with the party no matter what - we are really talking about a group of damaged individuals

[LonePirate]

3. They need his base. Without him, they do not have his base and they have no support.

[LeftInTX]

10. Yes, Pence is about exciting as a pencil

[Equinox Moon]

11. good analogy

[Xolodno]

19. Yeap. If they look like they are against him now...

...the base will say Dump was set up and the GOP was in on it. They need a smoking gun before they can turn, then they can say they were loyal until they found out Dump wasn't loyal.

[JudyM]

27. This. They comprise the swamp many of his supporters disdain.

[NewRedDawn]

5. Because a lot of them are involved deeply too.

Pence, McConnel, Ryan, Nunes, Chaffetz, Sessions, Kushner, Tillerson, Ross, Betsy Devos & her family, The Mercers, Steve Bannon.
And the rest who want to obstruct to keep power.

[Equinox Moon]

12. POWER

[uponit7771]

15. +1

[Doreen]

26. My exact thought.

[icymist]

6. Because right now he's a blank check to sign any bill they manage to get to him. nt

[TeamPooka]

21. He's the fall guy stupid enough to sign a bill killing Social Security or draining Medicare that

no real politician would do because of the effect on their career.
He don't know enough about anything to know what NOT to do.
He'll play around and on the third rail.
Then when he does all that the GOP will dump him and make Pence president, blaming it all on Trump.

[NCjack]

7. Russians gave a lot of rubles to REP members of Congress. nt

[Barack_America]

13. Because they don't know how many GOP in Congress are wrapped up in this.

McConnell is, Ryan may be, Pence is possible, the list goes on.

[Nevernose]

14. He's the perfect fall man

Whatever evil shit they do that the public actually gets angry about, they can blame Trump and THEN get rid of him. At the very least, he's an old, fat political dead end he's the perfect tool and too stupid to realize that he's a tool.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Some of them may be involved themselves, but as to many of them

I think it's because they are afraid of losing the votes of Dolt 45's knuckledragger base, who would continue to support him even if he buggered a Cub Scout on the White House lawn on live TV.

[dalton99a]

17. The circle of treason is wide

They're all in it

[First Speaker]

18. I think some of them, at least, are frightened for their lives...

...they know what Trump's supporters would be capable of, if hate radio went on a rampage over the GOP "establishment" betraying Trump.

[OliverQ]

20. Because a lot of them are implicated.

Claude Taylor/Louise Mensch types have mentioned that McConnell and Ryan are guilty of taking money from Russia.

[Grammy23]

23. My suspicion is that many of them made a deal with the devil last summer.

They saw that the nomination of tRump was inevitable. They worked out a deal with tRump and now are up to their eyeballs in this whole mess. Now they realize the extent of the mess. Remember, many of them are now attending closed door briefings so know way more than the average American does about what the FBI and other agencies know. They are caught between the proverbial rock and hard place. Cry me a river!!

Hard to feel sorry for these people since the stories about tRump have been around for years. Speculation about his mental health was out in the news long before the conventions. But here they are, less than a year later, up to their necks in the mess with no good options. Let us hope that they will go for doing the right thing for the country and the American people who sent them to do the people's business.

It seems like every so many years we have to have a crisis of epic proportions in our government. And this one is a doozy with many players. With breaking news coming out every 20 minutes (it seems) maybe the snowball is turning into an avalanche. Fingers crossed!

[Skittles]

24. they know they'll lose the deplorables

who love the fascist Trump more than they care about their own country

[world wide wally]

25. Republican cans are not known for their critical thinking skills.

Ryan and McConnell tell them to support Trump, so they do.

[JTFrog]

28. Because their top dudes are up to their eyeballs in complicity.

They will fight tooth and nail to save their own asses.