Not necessarily; as I stated in my post, this has made for a terrific distraction. Both sides seem to be benefitting from it. Dems need every distraction they can get because they keep stepping on their johnsons (particularly in regard to the shutdown, but also with the fact they just keep embracing the wrong side of the so-called "80/20 issues."
As for the Republicans, ICE is doing what it does, but they are human and despite what Fox News might tell you, they DO make mistakes. And yeah, sometimes they get called out for it, but that shiny object called the "Epstein Files" continues to do its job: distracting simpletons from things that actually affect their lives. You know, I'm far more interested in food prices than the Epstein files, but maybe I'm just touched in the head and have my priorities wrong.