“they need to lend credence to the cheat”
Absolutely right on the money! This is the second step in the upcoming cheat. The first step is for Demonrats to talk about saving democracy...i.e. if they lose the House and the Senate, it is because the Republicans have denied everyone (citizens, non-citizens, illegal aliens, dead people, invisible people, etc.) the opportunity to rightfully participate in the election.
and if the DEMS lose, it lends credence to their claim