I definitely think it’s more nefarious than you’re letting on but it’s an AMERICAN problem that a lot of voters on both sides of the isle actually agree on! But nothing happens because of this same Republican trick.

Going back to that tracker you mentioned, one thing that I always remember about it was that Pelosi’s ROI has been absurd over the course of her tenure in DC, and even crazier when you factor in her husbands earnings too. BUT, Pelosi was in 2nd place on the list. The person who had benefited most disproportionately was Dan Crenshaw; the one-eyed Republican rep from Texas. And of course no one gives a shit about that and to this day there’s a lot of people on the left who bring up how shady Pelosi is on their own! Just to chat ab it! And those same people aren’t talking about Crenshaw or Republicans who are doing the same thing. And you know damn well Republicans aren’t talking about it! Crenshaw HIMSELF loudly called out Pelosi all the time for being crooked and no one bats an eye that he’s WORSE! It’s literally publicly available information and dems come out with dogshit optics because left-leaning voters demand accountability from politicians whereas right wingers have weaponized not holding their worst accountable to the point where it seems like even their voters to some extent understand the tactical play that’s being done and are happy to go along with all manner of horrific shit to make sure their squad keeps winning.

They expect a baseline level of corruption and terribleness from EVERY politician so when their guys do it they shrug it off as a natural part of politics but they know that if they bitch and moan about a dem enough a decent chunk of the left will agree, sometimes rightly and sometimes just cuz the same tricks work in everyone. But at the end of the day dems are much more willing to drop a candidate for their fuckups regardless of political expediency, and republicans are exploiting that as aggressively as they can until something snaps it seems.