Yes, the Dem politicians are all evil and they place the evilest of them all as leaders of their caucus and committees.
On the other hand, republicans in Congress head to the tall grass where they can hide and just raise enough money to keep their seats. The weakest of them rise to the top. There are exceptions such as Senators Marsha Blackburn, Rand Paul, JD Vance, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Grassley at times, Rubio at times, and others at times. And Congressmen like Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donalds, Mace, and Tom Massie.
With Petey Buttfudge's appearance on FOX, I was struck with how similar he is to Newsome. He'll latch on to one factoid which is contrary to the accusation, nor which directly addresses the accusation, waxes eloquently, and slightly shifts the argument to something else....all the while jabbering on and on, prohibiting rebuttal.
That's exactly what he did to Shannon, early on. She knew she was being beat and came back stronger later on.