It isn&#x27;t &quot;incoherent and hypocritical&quot; but gets portrayed that way.  Some of that is messaging as the GOP is not very media savvy, but by and large, its people who have no desire to understand before reporting.<p>[edit after the edit - please don&#x27;t edit after someone has already replied - it makes the replier look bad]<p>From the outside, Democrats can be viewed as a bunch of special interests under one tent.  I find much of these &quot;group slicing&quot; to be problematic when talking about the GOP as I don&#x27;t think its really those groups or the ultimate belief is what is reported.  Viewing a group through another group&#x27;s lens is fraught with peril.