Maybe they've finally come to terms with the fact that Moore is probably gonna win.

If they expel him like everyone expected, it'll be a shitshow.

If they evade, Trump-style, until it blows over that one of their most visible senators is a pedophile, then they might not pay any price at all.

And it will blue over.

They're slowly learning how open they can be with their slimy political expediency in the modern age.