If true they have absolutely no business in positions of power.
We have many republicrats that are creatures of the swamp feeding at the trough.
The media and the organs of the state told them a lie and they believed it - “Trump was a pawn of Russia and he was going down.”
Believing the lie was the easiest thing to do regardless of their motive so most of them remained silent while the President was attacked every day and by the same organs of government over which they had oversight. Paul Ryan surrendered the majority in 2018 because they surrendered the narrative to the left just like George Bush did during his presidency - that group did not fight back.