Why are Republicans dragging their feet on investigating the Russian connection in our elections?

[kentuck]

It seems it would have taken the very top priority over all other issues? When a foreign government interferes with our elections, it is not something you put on the back burner to get to at a later time. It is urgent.

It is more important than tax cuts. It is more important than repealing "Obamacare". It is more important than politics.

Yet, the Republicans act as if it is nothing to be concerned about? They will get to it eventually. Well, eventually may be too late? They need to get off the dime and find out what happened.

[Tanuki]

1. Because they know what will be revealed, and they don't want

the public to know their complicity at every stage.

[SledDriver]

8. This

they are all complicit...

[liberal N proud]

2. Politics over country

Party over patriotism.

They also see this as aN opportunity to kill big government. Everything except those things that control civil liberties.

[gordianot]

3. Santa may only come once.

The longer they drag this out the more they get almost for free. When Trump is gone they can blame it on the rotten bastard that Republicans (themselves) kicked out.

[Ilsa]

4. They bloody well know where it goes because

some of them likely knew how far trumputin was in on it.

[unblock]

5. the gop has lost all principles and now is only interested in power

their only interest in "investigations" is to politically smear someone. so they were intensely interested in investigating hillary but they have zero interest in investigating russia and certainly none in investigating republicans.

until they find a democrat was involved. then they will rain holy hell on that person.

[Achilleaze]

6. The KGOP's sellout of America will live in infamy

[uponit7771]

7. Because there's something there... at this point anyone claiming this was a free and fair election

... is more with them than reality

[hlthe2b]

9. Because they know not only determined the Presidency, but their majority in close down ballot races

[Vinca]

10. They're choosing party over country.

If it is found to be true that Russians meddled in the election with the approval of Trump and his minions, the GOP is going to look pretty bad . . . not that they don't already. They're treading water in hopes of saving their $174,000 a year jobs in 2018. Party over country. Self over country.

[WhiteTara]

11. Because so many are involved

and they stick together because they are all dirty in one way or another.

[GeorgeGist]

12. Because they're afraid, as usual,

that their crimes will be made public.

[dalton99a]

13. Traitors hate investigations.

[salin]

14. fear of what is under the rock. n/t