We haven't had a President like Donald J. Trump in recent memory. There have been hated Presidents before (Andrew Johnson), but we relegate them to history and nobody goes through all that journalists and commentators said about them at the time. And we've had a surge of reporting on politics, both formal and informal, but our recent Presidents have generated comparatively little controversy. It's a perfect storm of lots of new people having lots to say about a truly odious person.
I would hate to be a Republican politician today. As a Biden victory looks more in the bag, they're going to have to figure out what role a rampaging Donald J. Trump is going to play in their party moving forward. I can understand the sycophancy during his actual Presidency, because they have to respect the power of the office to make their lives miserable. But if he has no actual power except that of tweeting ex officio, some of them might be thinking it's time to publicly jump ship. For now he's still the President, even if he's way off the rails. That still holds some sway over the party and its other members.