I’m thinking about the combination of, for example, Duckworth referring to Trump as “Coward-in-Chief” and the other direct attacks on the president, alongside the points about compromise and bipartisanship. I think these are working in concert, with the bipartisanship providing a backdrop for these very sharp criticisms. There is no “he means well, we just disagree about policy” here. The inclusion of Republican perspectives makes this about something other than party politics.
