Moderate, on either side, means more centrist; they are willing to take the prevailing Republican party view and the prevailing Democratic party view, compromise and arrive at a resolution in the center. I don’t want centrist solutions to everything but, when presented a candidate from “my party” (since we have a two party system) that I don’t want to support (for example, due to their extreme and zealous views on gun control) I am more inclined to pick a Republican who will compromise on the other issues that I value.
Be specific. Are you advocating for Republicans that, for example, agree that a moderate amount of utterly unrelated the pork that Nancy Pelosi is trying to graft onto COVID relief legislation is OK? How moderate should Republicans be on that topic? Are you thinking that, say, Republicans should have embraced a moderate number of the pallets full of cash Obama flew to Iran? Should the Republicans back off, and only support a moderate number of injured and sick veterans to be able to get medical care outside the backed-up VA system?
Republicans tend to think that - just like everywhere else in the civilized world - it's important for people to prove who they are when they cast a vote that will impact the future of the nation. You're hoping for Republicans that will back off and say they think only a moderate number of people should have to meet that standard?
When people like Pelosi and Schumer talk about how the Republicans "need to compromise," they ALWAYS mean: "The Republicans need to do what we say." That BS position - where the left is NEVER "moderate" - is how you get 100% partisan nonsense like the ACA or the recent laughable impeachment clown show. You want Trump and other Republicans to back down from their positions, but I'm not hearing you ask - for example - people like Pelosi to so much as consider why (for example) some of her fellow Catholics might find abortions on demand at 9 months to be unspeakable, or giving sanctuary to MS-13 murderers a morally bankrupt position. Where's your call for "moderation" on their part? This entire notion, as popularly referred to by the Dems, is always, always, always a one-way street.