Trump lost. Trump knows he lost. Republican politicians know he lost. Fair and square.
But Trump never admits failure, even when it kills people. Not even when more than 300,000 die due to his failure to act and lying to all Americans.
While many are focusing on the anti-democracy framing, that’s not the winning framing.
This is the biggest political scam in modern history. Bigger than the Iraq War, the Watergate Cover-up, the replacement for the ACA or Trickle-down.
Because:
- Trump has a fragile ego and cannot stand to be labeled a loser.
- Trump made up the ‘election theft’ excuse to avoid being labeled a loser in 2015.
- There is no off switch to a cult, so Trump and Republicans have no choice but to keep the ‘election theft’ lie alive.
- They know to win in the future, they need to create and expand a perpetual state of victimhood. Not populism, but grievance politics on steroids. Trump is a victim, and so are the 74 million people who voted for Trump. COVID is just like the flu, and they are victims of Democrats and government overreach who closed stores and bars and restaurants and businesses (i.e. not Trump). Black and brown people and immigrants are ruining your neighborhood, taking your jobs and will rape your wife and children. The more victims they can create, and the more they can blame Democrats, the better. That is their play for 2022 and 2024.
- They need cover for their own attempts to steal the election: their sabotage of the Post Office, voter roll purges, restricting ballot drop-off locations, limiting polling locations to ensure long lines and discourage voting, especially in Democratic areas, not allowing ballots to be counted or even processed before election day to give the mirage that Trump may have won, moving polling locations, trying to ensure votes did not count in black and brown communities….
- They never expected any of their legal challenges to succeed. It was all for show.
- They see this an excuse use Biden’s win and the Trump loss as a reason to significantly restrict all forms of voting — for cities and areas with black and brown people.
- They will use this as an excuse to obstruct everything Biden does.
Not only do Trump and Republicans repeatedly tell lies, they also present themselves as saviors who will fight against these "injustices".
It is all a scam. Trump and Republicans, and their billionaire donors, have been and always will be the true victimizers, raping and pillaging our country for profit.
Expose the scam. Expose Trump and Republicans as the liars and con men and women that they are.