Red is simply making the strongest possible argument in support of any republican at all. He is acknowledging there is no argument to be made in support of a republican while in the process soiling yet another one of his diapers.
It is an understandable response from someone who sees his lifelong political home now has all the stature of ron desantis and the credibility of George Santos. He feels the economy getting better and the public discourse growing palpably more sane under President Biden. Red now knows for sure he will lose.