It's all a play. The Democrats are terrifyingly good at operating as a hivemind. The Republican party is trying to achieve the same thing by closing ranks within their party and following godking Trump. When he dies in the next 2-4 years, they won't have anything or anyone that can hold them together.

Meanwhile the Dems can operate on autopilot and just do exactly what the donor class wants with basically no input because they're led like dogs from the media and donor events.