The people voted them in, the people have to remember to vote them out when the time comes, and for those appointed to positions within the Fed/State/local gov. that need to go also, a massive petition/protest is the only choice sometimes for hopes of their removal as a changing of the guard doesn't always trickle down...

And yes there's no guarantee the next round of political clowns will be any better... but the status quo often needs to have the chain broken or disrupted, upcoming elections will be interesting at the Fed/State/local levels as some incumbents have created political suicide with this "pandemic" and the actions/in-actions they implemented