That’s what I’ve been saying for a long time. A few - 3 or 4 - of these rats from conservative districts should play coy, wheel and deal, and then reluctantly give in and tell Nazi she has their aye vote. Then, when the roll call is taken, vote no. Then give a press conference afterwards and announce they’re switching parties. They will go home with hero status and probably run opposed.
That’s what I would do if I was a blue dog facing re-election in a moderate to conservative district.
The one problem with announcing you are a republican is that right now it’s too late to file in the primary in a lot of states. That means they would have to run as a Dem and then switch parties after the election.