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They're circling the wagons GP6971 May 2017 #1
Soon they will be circling the drain. Le Gaucher May 2017 #9
Well played! volstork May 2017 #22
I don't think it is possible for us to understand such brainwashed/authoritarian types NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #2
Good answer. Equinox Moon May 2017 #4
between the fact they are scared shitless of everything, and are in lockstep NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #8
They need his base. Without him, they do not have his base and they have no support. LonePirate May 2017 #3
Yes, Pence is about exciting as a pencil LeftInTX May 2017 #10
good analogy Equinox Moon May 2017 #11
Yeap. If they look like they are against him now... Xolodno May 2017 #19
This. They comprise the swamp many of his supporters disdain. JudyM May 2017 #27
Because a lot of them are involved deeply too. NewRedDawn May 2017 #5
POWER Equinox Moon May 2017 #12
+1 uponit7771 May 2017 #15
My exact thought. Doreen May 2017 #26
Because right now he's a blank check to sign any bill they manage to get to him. nt icymist May 2017 #6
He's the fall guy stupid enough to sign a bill killing Social Security or draining Medicare that TeamPooka May 2017 #21
Russians gave a lot of rubles to REP members of Congress. nt NCjack May 2017 #7
Because they don't know how many GOP in Congress are wrapped up in this. Barack_America May 2017 #13
He's the perfect fall man Nevernose May 2017 #14
Some of them may be involved themselves, but as to many of them The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #16
The circle of treason is wide dalton99a May 2017 #17
I think some of them, at least, are frightened for their lives... First Speaker May 2017 #18
Because a lot of them are implicated. OliverQ May 2017 #20
My suspicion is that many of them made a deal with the devil last summer. Grammy23 May 2017 #23
they know they'll lose the deplorables Skittles May 2017 #24
Republican cans are not known for their critical thinking skills. world wide wally May 2017 #25
Because their top dudes are up to their eyeballs in complicity. JTFrog May 2017 #28
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