Remember, hypocrisy is very much a strategy of the Republicans. They'll hoot and holler about "fiscal responsibility" as they rack up record deficits without batting an eye, and that's just one of many examples. Any slogan of theirs is only relevant until it becomes inconvenient to them, at which point they just drop it and say "When did we ever say that?" If challenged, it's the old walkback, like describing their presence at the coup attempt, storming the Capitol, as "We were just there to witness history."
They're basically using the Nazi playbook, as described by Jean-Paul Sartre:
"Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past."
I stand by it. The never-ending hypocrisy that comes from them needs to be countered whenever it occurs. After 1/6, it's clear that it needs to be countered more than ever.
They're basically using the Nazi playbook, as described by Jean-Paul Sartre:
"Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past."