I should clarify that I didn’t mean to suggest that Republicans are not a threat to humanity, they absolutely are, nothing imaginary about that. But rather, they are not a real threat to the interests of the leadership of the Democratic party, since they both serve the same masters.

Democrats can’t win elections on policy action, they need Republicans as imaginary adversaries to actually win elections. They have no interest in actually stopping them.

I think the term you’re looking for is "death panels ".