It's all done for appearances and fundraising. Most of the machinations you're seeing lately by Republicans are; there's no sincere attempt to change the election, or belief that it can be changed.
Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas who filed this particular lawsuit, has also been recently accused of federal crimes[0], so ingratiating himself with somebody who can (and does) hand out federal pardons seems like a win-win proposition, especially if all the costs for the lawsuit are footed by Texas taxpayers.
I've been telling people this too because I practically invented this.
I've been selling random stuff to Super PACs since 2012. That is my side gig. Every four years since the Citizen's United ruling until you guys amend the constitution, I've been selling as much stuff as possible to Super PACs as if its the last time I'll ever encounter a passion driven organization which has no fiduciary duties, shareholders or knowledge of how to accomplish its own real purpose. I mean that occasionally happens in somebody's poorly constructed self-funded LLC but they don't have money, and definitely not reliably flush the more you yell about it.
This year I'm seeing tons of professionals doing the same thing - selling random stuff to Super PACs - under flimsier pretexts, specifically to Republicans. "Hm sure I can file this lawsuit for you, you know there's a fee for expediting the process"
Patriotic Sounding PAC, FEC Filing: Administrative costs to LLC formed yesterday $800,000
Sure, plenty of the people believe these ideologies but they've never mattered. If everyone gravitates to extremes of their parties they never get consensus on stuff they're actually passionate about. None of the professionals involved believe in ... really anything, and they're just like me. They probably have at least four LLCs to contract to conflicting and opposing causes.
I'm a little surprised at the ruses being pulled, like I really looked up the FEC filings lately, all I got to say is that Georgia is a hoot! If you sleep you'll miss it.
It's all part of the 2024 election campaign. I will be shocked if Trump doesn't run again.
God help the Democrats if Biden dies during his first term. It will be a blood bath after how close this election was despite everything that had gone wrong this year for Trump.
But I'd be more shocked if he didn't spend the next 4 years mouthing off & sewing discontent & pissing about as though he were running. Making a big stink, and pulling in millions of millions of dollars.
If Trump runs in 2024 and wins by 8M votes I wonder how Republicans will take it when his opponent disputes the results using the exact same tactics he's using now?
If I were the Dems I'd have Giuliani on retainer and ready to go.
Being a republican doesn't make you part of some gestalt consciousness. I imagine the reactions will be the same as those of democrats I've seen so far: everything from bemused indifference to posting about a coup every day on social media.
> If Trump runs in 2024 and wins by 8M votes I wonder how Republicans will take it when his opponent disputes the results using the exact same tactics he's using now?
To quote Don Draper from Mad Men (s02e05): "[The dispute/non-concession] never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened."
