My thoughts on Republicans' refusal to accept the election results: like everything else, it's driven by Trump and fear of Trump. And, for the moment anyway, I think it's all about optics more than it is about actual ratfuckery or attempts to change the outcome. [cont'd]
At the moment even GOP election officials on the state level are not buying this. It all changes if they do, but for now they're not. In the meantime, it's about everyone being afraid of being the first one to break with Trump so they don't get MAGA base wrath.
That could be personal fear but also party-wide fear. A schism between Trump people and still-employed Republicans is really bad for 2022 and 2024, so they have to wait for Trump to accept reality on his own before standing down. This is what is animating McConnell, etc.
The absolute worst outcome for Republicans is to have Trump spend the next two years going after them for having "betrayed" him because enough jackoffs will listen to whatever he says to tip elections. So they have to wait for the baby to stop crying.
Final thought: yes, the GOP's end game is to portray Biden as an illegitimate president. The problem is that 75 million+ voted for him and a non-trivial chunk of the 71M who didn't vote for him accept reality. [cont'd]
Trump lost because he believed the fervent loyalty of a super-motivated base which represents about 30-40% of the electorate would put him over. It didn't. And having like 100million or more voters realize you're bonkers isn't a viable path forward for a political party.
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