Precisely why COVID was released. Trump was riding sky-high, cruising to re-election, then COVID came like Manna from Heaven for the Democrats.
I think the Democrats were less prepared for it than anyone. That’s why you saw the dumbest applications of mass stupidity in their own states and other jurisdictions. New York State — and New York City in particular — may have been the biggest clown show in the nation by April 1st of that year.