I pretty much just had this sort of conversation with my brother last night/this morning.
Conservatives knew by 2016 that Big Tech/the media was out to get them and their supporters, and yet by and large Republican Senators such as Cruz, Lee, Graham, and Hawley essentially waited till the last moment prior to November 2020 to harangue Dorsey and Zuckerberg (Note : I believe there was at least 1 or 2 hearings with these two but it didn't even amount to a soundbite). Republicans/conservatives aren't just politically stupid, they are grossly lazy and they're going to pay dearly this time around.