Why?! Because they are cowards.
Through some unexplained weird reasoning they seem to truly believe they can successfully get along with vicious, uncompromising politicians who hate America, who hate Americans and who despise everything America stands for and who's only objective is the annihilation of any and all people, systems and ideologies which dare oppose them ... which dare oppose them in any form or in any way.
Blue, I have no idea other than Glide’s or Rusty’s answers.
They are idiots for not realizing that there are folks out here that want them to stand fast, to show backbone, etc. And that they are WORTHY of being our elected representatives.