To me, it just sounds like self-defense. Like, the democrats tried the "hands across the isle" thing for ever, and the republican response has been to try to game the system and change the rules to get their preferred outcome.
Now it's come to the point where they are maneuvering themselves into a position for the ultimate power grab.
Yet Biden is still supposed to play fair while the other party cheats and lies and the liberty of a countless number of his constituents are on the line.