Because once they get into any position, the have two choices. Ether bend to the whims of the liberals, or be destroyed by the deep state. The time to fight was during the bush1, clinton, bush2 and obumber’s time. But no, they wanted to play nice with a bunch of cutthroat progressives.
I was a college kid in the late 60's. Those who preached "do your own thing", "of it feels good-do it!", "down with the establishment ", "free speech" are the establishment today and now preaching the opposite. Irony, huh?