U.S. politics has been diseased for a long time. It started with Newt Gingrich 25 years ago, where he played the zero-sum brand of political motivation. I win, you lose, no middle ground or compromise. Fox News and the other right-wing media facilitators have injected a level of spin to the public discourse that people who are avid viewers/readers are significantly less informed on what stuff.
The scary thing is, it's starting to happen up here. Remember Sun News? They wanted to be like Fox for a Canadian audience. They had a loyal (but small) audience, most jumped ship to Rebel Media (started by Sun alumni Ezra Levant), which purposely spins or inflates petty scandals so they appear to be a bigger deal.
This stuff by Collins is such Fox News inspired BS. Saying impeaching Trump was part of a baseless investigation??? But of course the hard-core Fox fans eat this shit up...