This version of the Big Lie is what i call High Hawley-ism, that it's all about how states expanded voting in the midst of a pandemic. It's disingenuous nonsense. But..
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1363512058025762816
What's key about this is that it is, I think, an early trial balloon for GOP state legislatures unilaterally changing voting rules, and/or simply awarding the electoral college votes themselves no matter who people vote for.
This dubious theory, that only state *legislatures* can make these kinds of changes also invites all kinds of mischief by federal judges to reach in and overrule state supreme courts. It didn't work in 2020, but that doesn't mean it won't.
Further, as Scalia memorably noted there is no constitutional guarantee of the right to vote for president; we vote for electors. Every state with R control could pass a law awarding all state electors to the candidate that won the most counties and basically guarantee R victory
Republicans can attempt to create a majority coalition that wins national elections or it can seek to find ever-more odious means of undermining democratic representation and entrench their ability to rule with 45% of the population. Pretty clear they're pursuing the latter.
In that context, you might be see Trump's dumb, plodding, Big Lie as just the beginning. There will be innovations and refinements to come...
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