It may help them get re-elected in their states by taking fire away from media.
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It makes me sick to know there are so-called Republicans who continue to vote for these scumbags instead of kicking their arses back into the gutter in the primaries.
They (repub voters) keep electing them because they are probably most electable choice in the state. A candidate like Roy Moore feels good to the base, but the result was we get Doug Jones the democrat who will NEVER support Trump ever. A RINO is likely support Trump 50%+. So it is either 0 or 50-50.