My theory is that the GA runoff is more a pretext for Republican leaders supporting Trump's delegitimizing efforts than a cause
It's really far from self-evident that Trump refuse to concede is a NET mobilization benefit, and the longer he carries on with it the less obvious it becomes. Nobody knows, especially given the uncertainty of how it will play out.
GOP elites are choosing to believe that going along with Trump's electoral theft tactics will help the win the runoffs because they instinctively support them, but putting it in terms of Machiavellian electoral strategy makes is sound more respectable to political reporters
For almost 5 years now Republican elites have dealt with Trump by pretending they had no choice about things over which they definitely had other choices available, and this is just the latest iteration.
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