It is not ok to be nice to Republicans.
The Republican party is filled with psychotic racists who hate America and they need to be crushed at every election down to dog catcher. They need to be social pariahs who relearn how to stay in hiding.
When Coons continually attempts to rehabilitate the reputation of the Grand Old Party, even as their atrocities are unfolding, he isn’t trying to be a good guy. He is propping up psychotic racists for some psychotic reason only he really knows.
He thinks they’ll win, so he’s trying to cover his ass for when the hangings start.
A lot of people who left their heads in Place de la Concorde made that same mistake.