They don't care...they have their generous tax-payer financed pensions to look forward to.
Some of them do. They aren't in it for just the $. Wielding power is addictive and they know if they can appease the money people in their own party, not rile the Democrat voters too much, tap dance enough to not have all their base turn on them, they have a chance to hang on until they won't have to kiss up to any of us any longer. They fear the Mexicans far more than any of us. We won't revolt; we're the sheeple. If the Mexicans and Communists don't get what they want, they may be blown up along with some historic buildings.