LOL “Republicans must” . . . the GOP wing of the Uniparty does not care.
Like it or not, the GOP is the only opposition force we have. If this issue comes up (attacks on freelancers), write to your Congress critters, work on primarying those who are useless and also work on elections.
Remember, it’s all a numbers game in the legislature. The reason the Dems are so powerful is that they have a majority, even though it’s a very tiny one. If the GOP had gotten a majority of seats, even with a couple of traitors such as Cheney and Murkowski, we wouldn’t be in this situation.
Furthermore, the Dems got the presidency by cheating, so they know they’re not legitimate and thus they are cracking down on dissent by exercising dictatorial powers. The GOP, weak as it is, is our only defense and we have got to get legislative majorities in 2022 or it’s all over.