“The swampocrats in both parties built” ... um, a redundancy, since swampocrats so aptly includes any party. BTW, I’m stealing that one; it is so perfect.
I would argue that what was isn’t necessarily any more.
Excluding the bureaucrats and narrowing the focus to Republicans, I would argue that many of the Republican swamp dwellers have joined the team.
The reason, the obvious reason, is they want and need to claim some credit for the overwhelming success. It turns out, they were just wrong.
As I enjoy my popcorn I keep a close eye on Joe Manchin of West Virginia. He and other Democrats want and need to claim some credit. All they need to do (and may actually have to do) is defect.