« Both parties need to come together against external forces ».
Dr. Frankenstein, control your monsters.
Your party is driving the wedge and providing leverage to those external forces.

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now