The Difference Between Jared Polis and Governor Abbott

Jared Polis has done a pretty fantastic job of maintaining sanity in an era where most people become extreme and polarized. He claims that there is some kind of major distinction between what he is doing and what Governor Abbott is doing, but I'm not sure I understand that distinction. When a Democrat does something, it has different implications. The message and the messenger can't be completely separated. We know that Jared Polis isn't doing this to kind of rile up sentiments around a particular issue that relates to immigration policy.