Grass is not always greener...
Few should be so naive as to believe that republicans, at least some of them, actually believe all that nonsense that spew to their ignorant masses.
It's hard to take all that "smaller government" and "federal workers milking the system" claptrap from a person that has spent 20+ years receiving a government check and voting for their own pay raises.
Given that, I strongly advocate for every Dem and Ind to vote "abstain" on every single vote brought to the floor of the house or senate.
I think they should work against as well as working to change republican minds and caution republicans on their agenda while a given bill is in committee but when it comes time to vote on their crazy ass agenda to the full house or senate, every vote should be "abstain" which ensures that every crazy ass bill passed to achieve their agenda is 100% owned by them.
They are forced to own their own legislation, without a single vote from anyone else to deflect blame from the results of their vote.