He finally hit " to hell with them". A year late but it finally hit him.
I've said it for years. Decorum and playing by the rules went out the window when Palin brought that Tea Party crap, met its peak when Mitch did what he did with the SC seats and went over the cliff with MAGA.
When you are dealing with folks who would literally kill people because they didn't get what they wanted in an election, there is no compromise, there is no meeting in the middle, no talking. You take them to the cleaners. Period. And when they get back up knock they ass back down again.