I doubt that it’s about waking up. It’s most likely about owning them. Those two will be totally beholden to who bailed them out and not the people who elected them.
And who bailed them out? The MSM. If these men were Republicans, the stories would be non-stop on CNN, etc and on the front page of the NYTimes, etc. Instead, it’s either being nuanced or totally fading. It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the media in this country are the enemy of the people.