A Nexis search of newspapers returns 1,199 results for "Republicans pounced" compared to 1,900 results for "Democrats pounced."
For news transcripts, it's 274 for "Republicans pounced" and 616 for "Democrats pounced."
For news transcripts, it's 274 for "Republicans pounced" and 616 for "Democrats pounced."
https://twitter.com/swin24/status/1379439384144048130
James Freeman of the WSJ ran some similar searches for a column a couple years ago if you don't believe me. 
This strikes me as a case of confirmation bias more than anything else -- online conservatives adopted a theory of the case and every time they see a new "Republicans pounced" example they think it validates the theory.
FWIW I think the construction is largely a reflection of the tendency among political journalists to prioritize partisan conflict in their coverage.
also fwiw these are general searches; I'm not quite sure how I would test the actual hypothesis, which I think is something like, "Traditional media outlets avoid discussing scandals on the left until Republicans respond, then frame their coverage around those responses."
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