Perhaps not, considering the leaps and bounds American communism has made in since the 1950s, and is now a juggernaut about to roll over us.
I think they *are* idiots that made those gains unopposed.
Democrats Communists are the party of no-compromise, sorched earth, going for the jugular, "we won, you lost, get over it". Also the part of un-forced errors and overreach,
while Republicans, in contrast, are the milquetoast party of compromise and chumpish bipartisanship. It's no wonder the Democrats Communists control congress even when they're in the minority.
Republicans have been mostly Progressives for the last 60 years.
It has not been a Democrat vs Republican contest. It has been a Progressive v. Conservative contest. Many Democrats were conservative up until 1970.
The Progressives have controlled the Media for 70 years, at least.
It is hard to find a politician who does not have a Progressive outlook. They have mostly been trained to accept Progressive philosophy as bedrock reality.
We have gradually been training Conservatives for 50 years.