Pretty Damning....
They never thought she could lose, and massively panicked when they realized she could.
If you think this is the first election that they did this, you are naive as hell. It explains a LOT of what happened in the 2012 election, as well.
They never thought she could lose
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That is what made them so brazen. They were determined to stop Trump and used everything and everyone at their disposal to do it. It truly was treason at the highest levels of government.
I'd include 2008, for sure. In 2000, Bush was the Deep State's "Plan B" and it didn't like not getting its first choice, so McCain knew he had to (or was instructed to) decisively take a dive eight years later - plus, 2008 saw the first post-election tantrum (aimed at Palin).