In the during and after the Grant administration there were a very large number of corruption scandals surrounding Republicans, the winners of the war. In one case they openly embezzled railroad bond money.
And reconstruction itself was a shady, shady, mess.
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Of course, after the republicans lost power as a result of that, the new winners were just as bad, see Tammy Hall and the Democrats.
It's also inevitable.
The two parties are both accusing each other of pedophilia. Of desiring ethnic cleansing. Of silencing their opposition. where do you think it's going to go from here?