Very likely they completely misremember their own arguments and yours as well. Both more in favor of them being less wrong. It’s a coping mechanism for people who are wrong.

One of my good friends is apolitical but kind of loves Trump. I was tearing Trump down when he brought him up and my friend could not accept that Trump was behind operation warp speed 😂 he had morphed the past into an alternate reality that he found more acceptable. Weird but predictable.