As midterm season kicks into gear, Republicans are signaling their intent to hammer cultural touchstones, a strategy that drags red-state Democrats into no-win battles pitting them between the party’s base and their constituents.

In her remarks at the Republican National Committee’s Winter Meeting on Friday, Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel slammed Democrats for sitting during perceivably bipartisan moments of President Trump’s State of the Union address. “On Tuesday, their hatred was on full display when Congressional Democrats sat on their hands during the President’s unifying speech,” she emphasized. “They refused to stand when the President of the United States walked into the room, when he talked about the American flag, the national anthem, or lowering African American unemployment. They refused to stand for a 12-year old boy who puts flags on the graves of our veterans.”