Because of people who are purests
No, because the cheat machine is still in all the key urban places (except in Florida where some guy got rid of it).
Here's the reality. Trump won't garner as many votes in 2024 as he did in 2020. but neither will DeSantis win as many votes as Trump did in 2020.
And the red-mirage will still be there, perfected now and permanent.
This is all an exercise in chest-thumping by Conservatives here in our echo chamber, but the Titanic has already split in half and it's going down. Keep one of those re-arranged deck chairs handy, it might come in handy as a floatation device until the hypothermia sets in.