Don’t feel too bad.
Dems have been out-snookering Pubbies for a 100 years.
Pubbies are so gullible they fall for it all the time.
Cartoonists have made careers out of drawing cartoons of Dems out-snookering Pubbies.
It even happens when Pubbies have a majority.
Sadly, that is the history of the GOP — Gullible Ole Party.
“Evil always wins because good is dumb.”
Dems fight for every inch of the political battlefield 24/7/365. Look how they gaslight on what a “recession” is now. Swamp GOP, OTOH, are lazy. They just not interested in day to day political combat. They’ll hit and run at a committee hearing but that is about it.