The difference between the R’s and the D’s is that the D’s mean it.
I think they mean it “more” than the R’s. That is true. But I also believe they lie to their base a lot. They promise too many things that, if done, would literally be the almost instant suicide of our country. Most of them are not stupid enough to do those things, and they will keep people like AOC in check to at least some degree. And if people like her stray too far off the reservation, well, remember the 60’s. There was a lot of assassinations, and they all involved Dem’s. Looking back with the lens of time, I see it as a party “cleansing” by the D’s.