This argument will never hold any water whatsoever when the Republican bat contained much more Palestinian blood mixed in with far more blood from immigrants and trans people as well
They're out of touch but don't realize it for the exact same reasons that theyre out of touch in the first place. It's literally just the Abe Simpson speech about not being "with it" anymore
It is the job of the ruling party to negotiate with the opposition party to get their votes. The Republicans are simply refusing to do their job and demanding the Democrats shut up and do what they're told
I man they do generate a lot more money than most red states. Being able to admit that doesn't detract anything from the overall point.