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[Yeah, and that 5-4 supreme court majority didn’t help regarding stopping voter fraud.]

Any number of lawyers here on Free Republic have said that the Trump administration failed to make its case. The problem is the time limit - just over a month. Trump knew it had no chance, so he spent the least amount of money he could, hiring the equivalent of public defenders to make his case. Whereas he had 4 years to make an antitrust case, on the government’s dime.

As I’ve said elsewhere, Trump set up these election challenges, while hiring the lowest-cost, most incompetent lawyers in the nation, to get set up for another run. If he weren’t running again, he’d have conceded from the git-go. He *knew* there was no way he could prevail, and therefore chose to use this pivotal moment as a fund-raising opportunity, as well as a chance to create a bloody shirt meme he could use in 2024’s campaign. Easier to fund-raise now, when the crime - unprovable in the limited time frame available - was fresh in everyone’s minds. Also what better time to sear the memory of the steal in the psyches of his supporters, when the printer’s ink on the fraudulent ballots might not even have cured? I think it’s a brilliant strategy, health permitting.

In case you’re wondering, Trump has raised hundreds of millions*, while spending a few million on lawyers. That’s a huge 2024 campaign war chest ready to go. And if he runs, his name alone will psych out all potential GOP challengers. Anyone who beats him in the primaries is guaranteed to lose in the general** since, at minimum, 10% of the GOP vote will stay home or vote for the other guy just to stick it to the Judas. And that’s not just for that election, but in *any* future election. Which is why no serious GOP contender will challenge Trump.

* That small-dollar fund-raising prowess is unheard of, for a political candidate who just lost an election. Ask Hillary what happened to her fund-raising ability after she lost in 2016. Millions of people struggling under the weight of pandemic-shutdown and -recession related financial stress shelled out to help Trump get over this hump. GOP pols recognize this, which is why only one House member, Kinzinger, and one Senator, Romney have joined the impeachment drive.

** And not just in the general. Whatever GOP seat he’s currently occupying is toast in the next election, since Trump voters will remember all the bad things he said about Trump during the presidential primaries, and repay him in kind.