The narrative for years now has been that Republicans are Fascist, Racist, Homophobic, conspiracy theorists, election deniers, deplorables, and insurrectionists. The narrative has been without an answer in the government and the mass media. But now the Republicans have a chance to change the narrative. They will be in charge of the House, and they can press for Congressional investigations. Which means they can put evidence into the record that can press their own narrative. They need to fight the Democrat narrative if they wish to have any chance of victory in the next election. Because narratives matter, and it is hard to get people to vote for you, when the narrative is always against you. So they have to make certain their narrative sees the light of day.