They don't have a monopoly on that. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Ten years ago, it would have been different, but the Republican party has taken a pretty big turn away from science then. You can see this comparing the official party platform from then to now.
Interestingly enough, there's some overlap in these 'ideologies' between some extreme left and some extreme right folks (and probably some folks in between).
Isn’t this just moving the goalposts? We’re not talking about a fringe Republican here, we’re talking about the president of the United States, along with the senate majority leader and the speaker of the house, to name the three most prominent republicans advocating for these positions.