You're missing the point. This is about red team! It doesn't matter what people today are actually doing or saying, what matters is what made-up team they're on. And if they picked the right made-up team, then they're ok. Protect the trib... team! Republicans did some good things a long time ago, and that means that the members of that team today, who weren't alive then, and who don't share those values, and who really have nothing to do with them other than sharing the same team name, are a-ok!
Ignore what's being said now, look over here! Shiny!