It's quaint because the Democrat Party is no longer a liberal party.
(And perhaps it never was.)
Leftist woke progressive authoritarianism has steamrolled the entire apparatus, and now any and all opposition must be shut down.
Hence Trump's prosecution, the online censorship, and the refusal to even acknowledge any and all alternative ideas by means of tarnishing the opposition with cries of "RACISM" and "FASCISM".
Vivek Ramaswamy is right: January 6th happened because the population was sick of being silenced through coercive means.
When one cannot speak, one screams.