This is a constant refrain on Fox, as I discuss here: https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-rejects-president-bidens-call-unity https://twitter.com/pbump/status/1352279081971277829
. @pbump is correct that the rhetorical move Republicans and right-wing media are using is reminiscent of their "deplorables" backlash. Another case: their freak-out over the 2009 DHS report on right-wing extremism https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/conservative-media-freak-out-claim-obama-dhs-targeting-conservatives-report-right-wing
Conservative media freak-out: claim Obama DHS targeting conservatives in report on right-wing...

Conservatives in the media are citing a declassified DHS report detailing potential increases in right-wing extremism to claim that the Obama administration is targeting conservatives and others...

https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/conservative-media-freak-out-claim-obama-dhs-targeting-conservatives-report-right-wing
The report in question was about violent extremism, but right-wing media claimed it was actually an attack on their viewers, a way to silence them.
It's all a bullshit scheme to keep the audience enraged and watching/listening, over and over again.
Another good piece on this from @ThePlumLineGS who points out that "The obvious trick is to game the media into saying Biden is already reneging on his unity promise by being divisive."

Nobody needs to pretend to believe them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/21/gop-response-biden-speech-unity/
Opinion | Fake GOP rage over Biden’s ‘unity’ speech is a sucker’s game

Don't get snowed by GOP fury over Biden's condemnation of right wing extremism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/21/gop-response-biden-speech-unity/
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