I’m just saying, to get through to these people, blaming them for the outcome isn’t going to get them to vote blue.

Will asspatting them for the outcome get them to vote blue?

The broader issue is to establish purity politics as morally and socially unacceptable rather than “Just politics :)” that you look over to invite people to the barbeque in spite of.

“I acted in favor of your murder!” shouldn’t be acceptable just because the person who did it claims to wear a coat of red paint.