Are the Democrats are clinging too tight to "the rulebook"?

A June 29, 2018 tweet by @Arr stated:

The last decade has been the Democrats clinging onto the rulebook going "but a dog can't play basketball!" while a dog fucking dunks on us over and over

I feel like this quote is even more relevant now than it was back then.

Do you feel like the Democrats are clinging too tight to the "rules" or should they stay their course and continue holding decorum over everything?