The way literally EVERYONE is throwing Tucker under the bus this morning shows how much the right is motivated by personality politics over substance. If you can't criticize claims and examine evidence with open debate, you cannot arrive at truth. Don't hate him just for asking.
Also, if your attachment is to the GOP being good and the Democrats being bad, you're going to be easily fooled by bad actors on both sides. It's about the TRUTH. Not the uniform.
Let him/them use it for its purpose: (1) to highlight how impossible it is to obtain evidence that legally should be available, and (2) to show the American public what minimum evidentiary standard means. These things will be very important soon.