The message to Democrats is clear: You created this mess, you own it. We’re not going to allow liberal Republicans to accept it as a Republican problem if R voters never supported the liberal Dem policies which created it.
Better to have a Dem taking accountability than to put a RINO back in who will take ownership of failed Dem policies and ‘reach across the aisle’ to share blame and author more failed policies.
You said,
“Better to have a Dem taking accountability...”
Really?
AS IF Democrats EVER took responsibility for the messes they created.
Do you remember the “Government shut-down”? The Dems tried to make that “shut-down” look worse than it really was and tried to put the blame for that “shut-down” on the Tea Party.
And guess what! They succeeded! The Tea Party has not yet recovered from that dishonest media-enabled smear.
I think that it is wishful thinking to expect Democrats to honor the standards of “Truth, Justice and The American Way” that conservatives use.
You say, “Set an example so Democrats will learn how to play by our “rules”...”
I say, “Why should the Democrats change “rules” that allow them to “win” because so-called “conservatives”, whenever challenged, simply SURRENDER?