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Anyone surprised is a moron. He has been slow walking to this for a few weeks. tRumps camp probably leaned on him.
Election denialism isn't about intelligence, its about propaganda. Keep repeating that any election you lose is illegitimate, and you build a groundswell of popular support for your next attempt to overthrow an election whose results you don't like.
Also, a very real possibility that Trump wins this thing and still insists the elections were rigged. With a six-seat SCOTUS that seems willing to play ball on dismantling democratic institutions, its possible for an incoming Trump regime to force out downballot Dem officials in any state that's remotely contested.
And the best part is that it'll all be "legal" from a purely textualist reading of the actions, because the folks interpreting the law are all Trump cronies.
The even "bester" part is that Democrats won't even be able to vociferously complain about the Republicans real theft of the election because the Republicans have so thoroughly poisoned the well on that issue with their false claims of it. So the Democrats will fail to do what is necessary to stop the fascist takeover and America will be screwed forever.
at this point if you're a politician siding with trump, you're either all-in on him winning, or your career in politics is finished by default anyway
trump says jump, they say how high