Both parties kind of use a disaster for their benefit.
The Democrat party falsely accuses people of racists a fascists - the irony is two fold, they don't know what the terms mean and that in fact they are the facists. Democrats like to create us vs them, rich vs poor, whites vs colors, etc = Identity politics, and it needs victims to grow its membership.
That's why they support every victim, even if they aren't a victim.
The brutal attack on the gay night club by some right wing bigot - who turned out to be some left wing transgender headcase.
The attack on Paul Pelosi was a right wing MAGA person, until it was revealed the guy used to support every leftist cause and was a head case from San Francisco. It's not the disaster, the tragedy they are using as much as how it fits their narrative of there being a victim of the White Right.