This nonsense is a big help to GOP. While the Democratic Party is busy fighting the Civil War again, GOP will be seen as focussing on real issues that matter.
You speak of the GOP as if they were responsible adults, and you speak of the Liberal Media weapon as if it didn't exist.
The Liberal Media weapon will focus on these confrontations and they will scare and cow the GOP into agreeing with whatever insane agenda the left wing kooks want to push.