Bush did the same with the democrats. It accomplished very little. Its just a photo-op that is in the GOP’s favor.
There a tape somewhere from the fall of 1989 at an “education” (liberal) conference where GHWB did extra gushing over a man bearing the alias “Bill Clinton”. So how did that turn out?
“Its just a photo-op that is in the GOP’s favor.”
These things never, ever, ever, ever work out in the GOP’s favor. Never, ever.