Imagine representatives banding together in Congress to advance the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States, senators forming an internal group to advocate for strong U.S. ties to serial human rights violator Venezuela, or congressmen lending their names and the prestige of their offices to a regime which promotes Hamas, supports al Qaeda affiliates, imprisons journalists, and whose leader has now moved on to ordering attacks on U.S. citizens in the heart of Washington, D.C.

Well, the first two scenarios might be farcical, but voters might want to ask Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., Stephen Cohen, D-Tenn., Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Steve Chabot, R.-Ohio, why they are essentially leading a group of more than 100 representatives and senators in conformity with the third scenario.