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Mockery is a bad thing except maybe against actual totalitarian dictators (but then maybe their danger should be shown honestly, not mocked). Mocking people overrides rational arguments.
Also they mock whole nations when those are under threat. A lot of Nazi propaganda was mockery. A lot of Azeri propaganda is mockery of Armenians (when it's Azeri-bought Russian and Ukrainian media, direct Azeri propaganda is more about threats and gloating than mockery).
A two-edged sword. In a situation where Trump can't win an election, maybe they shouldn't use such poisonous means.
We tried that, and it is failing. We need to point out how incompetent and disgusting the GOP has become.
What's failing? Polls tell us otherwise.
And by the way, maybe they are competent. Maybe they are just fine with Dems winning the election.
Back in 2016 it was "Trump is dumb, and there's no way Republicans would vote for him". We mocked him while underestimating his dumbass fanbase. Now we need to directly mock Trump's policies and attitude toward the presidency and those who support them, and not make them appear as some powerful threat (even though they are).
There was an unaccounted fanbase, yes.
What catalyzed it was them not being welcome anywhere they could blow off steam.
So maybe, again, mocking them is not the way, but on the contrary, almost a repetition of that.