Would they fall for the blackmail, bribery and greed if it weren't for the constant Swamp message that those practices are the norm in the Swamp and, by extension, the country?
I think that it is time to stop doing business in DC. With modern technology, Congress can telework and teleconference to get their jobs done--and they wouldn't be subjected to the constant pressure to submit to the Socialist/globalist agenda. But they would be among their constituents, who presumably would be reminding them daily of why they were elected.
Degenerates run because county, state and federal party apparatchiks like it that way. They can’t control an honorable man or woman. Pols arrive in DC as degenerates. Not born or made...elected.
As for moving the swamp outta DC...I live in NYS. Albany, our capital, is only a few hours drive from where I live and it’s still a cesspool. It’s less about distance, more about degeneracy.
Geo. Washington was right. Political parties are a menace.