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Because the Democratic establishment is invested in perpetuating the political situation which both gives them great power and great lee-way to not do anything with that power. By continuing to pretend that the Republican Party can be reasoned with, they have a ready excuse for why nothing is being done(the real reason is because the party's donors don't want any radical change). It is also likely the case that they underestimate just how bad the Republican Party is, because I'm sure their Republican colleagues are nice to them on a personal level(and there's significant overlap between the two party's donor class) and they can't accept their friends would ever intentionally do what they're doing. Most of these people are utterly disconnected from average people, whether they are a poor rural white person or a struggling urban black person, so most of them struggle to empathize with them, because their own personal situation is so far removed from the reality the majority of Americans face.

Of course, they also fail to grasp the status quo they are desperate to preserve is doomed no matter what they do. Whether it's by Republicans breaking American democracy or climate change wrecking the planet or whatever else, change will inevitably come, and they will be utterly unprepared to face it. It's why they need to be replaced, and the sooner the better.