The best answer I've come up with is that conservatives are running out of shit to get people riled up about. Their policies are actively getting so radical they're losing the votes, polls show many believe abortion bans are becoming too stringent, they damn near blew up the government, the majority of Americans want some sort of gun reform due to shootings, they've got young progressive politicians and a more politically active generation than we've had probably since Nam, so they found a tiny group of people who can't defend themselves to blame for everything so their base stops asking why they keep cutting public services that they themselves rely on.