“communist” (and “woke” and other epithets) is a term of tribal identity. The Dems could lean fully into Handmaid’s Tale christofascism in the name of bipartisanship and they’d still be “communists”, for the same reason a rival sports team are still the enemy despite no ideological difference.

Imagine believing that liberals have “moved right” when they’ve always been there.

You could improve this a bit by having the Cheneys vertically aligned. I think that would get the point across better.

but the republican party still calls you a communist.

Who’s cozying up to Russia, China, and North Korea?! (Although those places communist in name only)