Very likely they completely misremember their own arguments and yours as well. Both more in favor of them being less wrong. Itโs 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 ๐ he had morphed the past into an alternate reality that he found more acceptable. Weird but predictable.