You should weep because the republican senate is gutless. They should be speaking up for Lott. More democrats senators have attested to Lott not being a racist than have republicans especially if you count rino's as democrats.
But gutless seems to be a commodity in endless supply on my side of the aisle these days.
I think the Republican Senators will speak out in the days ahead. Timing is everything. If they all came out in the first 24 hours they would have no political capital left if the thing is drawn out.
Better strategy to let the Dems' words of support out first IMO.