Still 100% Orwellian and 100% wrong and patently offensive. Republicans come off as idiots embracing the term when we should fight like hell to REFUSE it be used to describe us. Blue is the international color of Conservative parties, and Red is the very epitome of leftist/totalitarian parties, Nazis, Communists, Socialists and “Democrats.” There’s only one definition of a “Red”, and it ain’t what the ultraleft jackasses of the media from 2000 onward claim it is.
Most would say the Republicans come off as idiots for making an issue of it.
It really boils down to making a symbol out of a sign. The GOP relies heavily on symbols
One of my favorite examples is how the GOP uses George Soros as a symbol, a boogyman.