Republicans, exclusively, have understood for my whole life that national politics is pure theater. They play the long game, they have no shame, they stick to a few effective issues (racism, taxes), they stay on message, they are laser focused on outcomes, they give not one single shit about decorum.
The ballgame in politics is the accumulation and use of power. Which fundamentally requires defeating your opponents. This is simple but somehow not understood by the Democratic Party. LBJ was a piece of shit but he understood this, and we got the CRA and Medicare. For my entire fucking life, Democrats have been trying to respond in good faith to GOP trolling. Disgraceful.