As Donald Trump falsely claimed the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, Republicans in some states launched special units to prosecute voter fraud as part of a high-profile and controversial push to stamp out cheating some claimed was rampant.
Because they don’t want to stop voter fraud, that’s how they win. What they want to stop is legitimate votes from the opposition. The tide is turning against them and they can’t win just by cheating anymore.
That’s also what makes the next election so scary. If they don’t win next time the party will likely die over the next decade or so. Their only hope is to get in power and never let go of it.
The Republican party is a wounded, cornered animal. But people tend to forget that wounded animals backed into a corner are extremely dangerous. And if we let our guard down before it’s dead we’re done for.