[ModernMech]

> Really are getting the government you all deserve.

By this I take it that you're not American? No offense, but your analysis while logical from an ends justify the means perspective, is just a fantasy. It's not a realistic, as it ignores the entire cult dynamic of the MAGA movement, which is well-documented at this point. Republican inaction on the worst aspects of Trumpism and the MAGA movement are not explained by "they just didn't want to end up the losers if they helped the Dems". It doesn't explain the retconning of the January 6th insurrection from Republicans at all levels of government, and the media. It doesn't explain the lunacy of the 118th Congress.

Sorry, the idea that, but for Democrats, Republicans would have reigned in the worst and most powerful within their own ranks is simply preposterous. Republicans are responsible for their own party, plain and simple.