The irony and the truth of this statement is just lost on them:
IMHO, it is this sharply divisive party politicking, this need to adhere to party lines at all times and regardless of common sense or even common courtesy that makes US politics a laughing stock in the eyes of the outside world. It’s things like this that give ammunition to places like China and Singapore and Hong Kong, so that when you say they ought to be democracies, they can respond with, "What, you mean like the United States?" and laugh and walk away.
H/T to Spike!