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The rest of the Republican party are his sycophants and subordinates. It's the "moderate" Democrats who are his enablers, through inaction.
The Republicans have the majority in both the House and Senate. To do something, you need power first.
Imagine winning an election and twiddling your fingers for 4 years straight
Honest question: What should they have done, given the makeup of the House and Senate?
Biden should've appointed an AG four years ago who would've actually been motivated to prosecute Trump with a sense of urgency, rather than sitting on his ass for two years before finally appointing a special prosecutor precisely and deliberately after the last moment. (Remember, Merrick Garland was only nominated for SCOTUS in the first place because Obama thought he was so conservative that not even Mitch McConnell could find an excuse to object. That should've made it obvious that he was exactly the wrong choice for AG.)
Also four years ago (or two years ago, or six years ago, or any even-numbered years ago going back to at least before Bill Clinton's "third way" nonsense, if not the end of LBJ's "Great Society" programs or even the New Deal), the Democrats should've been running more economically-progressive candidates (e.g. Elizabeth Warran, AOC, etc.) instead of neoliberal pro-corporate toadies, so that they could have actually moved the needle on helping the working class instead of leaving them vulnerable to empty promises by fascist demagogues.
To be very clear, I'm not saying that being socially-progressive was a mistake. In fact I will directly refute that: mainstream Democrats trying to scapegoat being too "woke" as the reason they lost are not only wrong, but lying. What I am saying is that the economic aspects of progressivism, not the social ones, are what would've actually made the difference.
As for what they should do now as opposed to in the past, other than "obstruct" I don't have a fucking clue because they've already comprehensively failed and it might very well be too late.