Desperate to change the subject to something else anything else after the FBI raided former President Donald Trumps home in Florida on Monday, Republicans are pushing an extremely weird and false talking point: Tens of thousands of tax collectors are coming for you.

The FBI raiding Donald Trump is unprecedented, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted late Monday . The Biden Admin has fully weaponized DOJ & FBI to target their political enemies. And with 87K new IRS agents, theyre coming for YOU too.

One more example of our two-tiered system of justice, tweeted Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). Who do you think theyll weaponize the 87,000 IRS agents against? The answer is obvious. Their political enemies.

What on earth are they talking about?

Its an incredibly disjointed effort, but Republicans are trying to gloss over the actual news that the FBI just spent a full day searching Trumps Mar-A-Lago property for classified documents that he allegedly took from the White House instead of giving them to the National Archives, which is required by law and somehow make this about Senate Democrats passing a sweeping climate and health care package last week.

The Democratic bill, which is on track for Friday passage in the House, is a major legislative victory for President Joe Biden. Among other things, it reduces the nations output of greenhouse gasses and makes health care more affordable. Senate Republicans all voted against it, and many were really hoping to spend the coming weeks or even months publicly attacking its scope and price tag as their reelection campaigns gain steam.

Alas, the FBI had to go and ruin it for them.