Republicans are hiding behind the Mueller investigation.

[kentuck]

There are some things that Mueller does not have the authority to investigate. For example, he does not have the authority to investigate the $500 million dollars the Chinese gave a Trump business in Indonesia and the favor that Trump gave them in return. It appears to be an obvious quid pro quo. But, the Republicans refuse to investigate anything about this criminal in the White House. I think most folks are beginning to understand why?

[blue cat]

1. If you're talking most folks.

Then it'd be us. The news media isn't really spelling it out.

[WePurrsevere]

2. I try to think and hope that "most folks are beginning to understand why". nt

[Zorro]

3. The Mueller investigation is an existential threat to the entire Republican party

They are thoroughly corrupted with Russian money, and their leadership knows.

This is why Ryan won't rein in Nunes, and why McConnell won't allow legislation on the floor to protect the investigation.

They are playing a passive aggressive game and hope that when the time comes when Trump fires Mueller, they'll be able to assign blame to Trump and wring their hands, but they won't do anything meaningful about it. Because that's the outcome they favor.