Yep, I think you nailed it.
In almost all other circumstances, the media would be falling all over themselves with endless news stories of GOP FRAUD! GOP FRAUD! That would be total catnip to them. Just having those two words together, to hammer with, over and over.
But in this case, it would show off the sleaze and fraud of the “establishment class” and their beltway buds. Nope, can’t have that! So, this very, very major political scandal gets deliberately ignored and deliberately underplayed.
bump