Trump Facing Indictment?: Money, Criminal Probes Engulf 45 -19 Mar 2021, page-26

The extremists, or rather the heavily indoctrinated ones , from all sides of politics seem to have difficulty understanding a moderate -- someone who is able to appreciate and or challenge the status quo from either side.
It's the nature of the two party system at heart but it's the weapons grade propaganda that drives people to accept the unacceptable or defend the indefensible.