PhotoThe story so far: A foreign dictator intervened on behalf of a U.S. presidential candidate — and that candidate won. So what do Republicans in Congress, who have the power to investigate the situation, believe should be done? Well, Senator Rand Paul explained it all: “We’ll never even get started with doing the things we need to do, like repealing Obamacare, if we’re spending our whole time having Republicans investigate Republicans.” Does anyone doubt that he was speaking for his whole party? Watergate took place before Republicans began their long march to the political right, so Congress was far less polarized than it is now. But Republicans in Congress, who have the power to make such an investigation happen, are dead set against it.

Source: New York Times February 17, 2017 08:15 UTC