It's not worse.
Arming Taiwan has been a recurring, bipartisan thing for decades. While China is always unhappy, it's normalized. Furthermore the US is sensitive to what it sends Tiawan... often dumbed down stuff... and is very sensitive at not making Taiwan's military able to offensively defeat China, just enough to defensively foil it.
Engaging the Taiwanese political establishment as an equal though, is unheard of since the 1970s. It's a big deal. It's a very big deal. You may not think it is, but the Chinese will. They see such an act, especially by the United States, as a direct assault on their territorial integrity.