But if they beat him so easily this last time, why would they be worried?
This is, defacto, admission that he won the election.
You make a good point, but if the nominee is someone else they’ll link that person to Trump through the maid of the neighbor of the nominee’s third cousin’s doctor’s lawyer. Therefore we must not vote for this clear danger to the republic.
Of course they can do that anyway but it’s more fun to pile on.