It was a mentally ill, wife abusing, fuckwit, in the middle of a bankruptcy. Someone who should have never been allowed access to guns. And Democrats immediately condemned him.
It was Donald Trump, the Republican Party President, who incited of mob of domestic terrorists and sent them to the Capitol to murder the Vice-President, and the line of succession. The Republican Party refused to impeach him for his actions, and is now attempting to cover up and deny this insurrection.
One party operates within the law, and the other party is busy changing the law so that they can change the outcome of the next election if their guy doesn't win. I say "guy", because the Republican Party is very much and Old Boy's Club.