President Trump’s primary flaw, at least optically, in my opinion, has been that he doesn’t deserve the loyalty of his supporters/ abandons them in unprecedented times of persecution. This was also said of Napoleon Bonaparte- we will not know the truth of this for decades most likely- but the opprobrium of the Republican establishment as saboteur and collaborator with these inherently anti-American forces cannot be forgiven- and post 2018 election Ron pretty readily revealed himself as establishment trash. Ted Cruz 2.0- but Ted was incredibly intelligent, where Ron is a mediocrity (I would guess 125 IQ- but he works hard, cant deny that). You didn’t get into Yale Law (I’d love to see what his LSAT score was- undoubtedly lower than mean) by doing anything save the status quo. He’s a striver- a tryhard.
That is much my point. This is destructive for Trump, for Republicans, and for the country. It is not winning him new voters, and is losing him voters. Cheating aside, Trump lost in 2020. He needs more voters to beat the cheating in 2024. That won't happen with continued behavior like this.