I'm honestly tired of the talking points that Democrats should always urge for union and bipartisanship, while a large majority of the Republican Party never does that and is morally just bankrupt.
Democrats constantly have reached out to the other side in good faith over the last few years. They're also a much more constructive opposition in congress with a Republican in the White House, while the three Democratic presidents of the last 30 years have faced relentless and fundamental opposition from congressional Republicans (while the number of lesser partisan Republicans constantly declines as they're primaried or forced to retire for being "traitors"). The Republican Party constantly lowers the standards and when Democrats slightly retaliate, they're being slammed by the media as obstructionist and divisive. Give me a break.
You're not wrong, but I see attempted bipartisanship as taking the high road and them being better on a moral level. At least they can campaign on "we tried working with them but they wouldn't cooperate" which might not work in 2024, but it certainly worked in 1996 and 2012. I don't think surrendering to them and being the ones to refuse if they somehow decided to work with them would be smart optics.
