What's the matter with you Republicans? Why aren't you acting the least bit worried about the upcoming report on the Russian investigation to be released by Special Counsel Robert Mueller?
That is the attitude of Atlantic magazine writer Elaina Plott who can't figure out why Republicans are not in a state of panic over the future Mueller report. Plott's headscratching over the lack of Republican concern appeared on August 2 in "Why Republicans Aren’t Planning for the Coming Mueller Report":
Rumors continue to build in Washington that a report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller is set to drop soon. But on and off Capitol Hill, Republican lawmakers say there have been no formal discussions on how to respond—no matter what the report’s findings may be.
“We’re aware that it might drop soon,” Representative Mark Walker, the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, told me this week, citing “secondhand” chatter among members. “But nothing has been said. Or, at least, no one has reached out to me.”
...The main reason for their silence, they say? Their constituents don’t seem to really care.
Could it be that they don't care because, so far, Mueller and his band of Democrat investigators have uncovered no evidence of collusion between President Donald Trump and Russia? Mueller's team didn't report in February and then again in July that, when he handed down indictments against Russians, there was evidence of Russian collusion with any American citizens.
Plott continued:
According to interviews with 10 GOP lawmakers and senior aides, August recess, when most members head back home, has illuminated how few of their own voters feel concerned about Mueller’s potential findings, if they think about them at all. As one House chief of staff put it, of the hundreds of voters he speaks to in his boss’s state, “maybe one” considers Russia a “top 10” issue.
Apparently Plott is worried that Republicans are not worried:
Republicans’ lack of discussion about Mueller may be reflective of what their constituents want, but it could make them vulnerable in the event that the special counsel’s report uncovers damaging information about Trump’s campaign. For lawmakers up for reelection in November, a damning report would almost certainly become a go-to cudgel for their Democratic opponents. Republicans in purple districts, especially, would face yet another challenge trying to maintain their allegiance to this president while assuring more moderate voters of their independence.
Perhaps some Republican out there would be kind-hearted enough to at least fake concern over the Mueller's future report just to alleviate poor Miss Plott's worry that Republicans are not worried.
