Disagree about it being caused solely by bumbling republicans.
Rats are solid they march as one. They want power and they know they have close ranks and act as a block. What do republicans do, they fight each other first. They have battles over purity, they would rather be pure first then get power so consequently they have trouble getting power. For Rats its power power power !
That is true.
They are unified and that is their strength.
Republicans and conservatives tend to throw each other under the bus far too easily when there is some disagreement with policy or procedure. All one has to do is look at how Noem was treated over the transgender sports ban. The first bill the legislature passed had some flaws in it that could have been used by the left to cause more problems so she sent it back, and people had a cow over it.
Lots of FReepers, even, gave up on her completely over that one move, although the bill was reintroduced later and she did sign the newer, better worded version. But no, conservatives who whine about politicians betraying people, go and betray their politicians when they don’t even know the whole story.