That stuff is great for us wonks, but to the rank and file voter it is background noise on CSPAN.
Most people don’t even know how many people are in the senate, leat alone who McConnell even os.
But they see Trump tear into Bush, and the press in everyday language that goes viral on the internet, and gets talked about in platforms from the evening news, to Twitter and late night talk shows, and they immediately get it.
That’s the difference.