Lindsey's play is to turn things around, go, "no, you're the extremists, we're the reasonable ones," knowing that his favorite stenographers in the press (like jmart) will dutifully run with that.
Won't work unless Dems take the bait and start playing defense. I'm mildly optimistic they won't, but...
Calmly explain to people what Republican policies do. It isn't harder than that.