Jim, you've got it almost exactly backwards. Trump's (and others') anti-Left rhetoric has driven many voters away from MAGA and the Republican Party. That's why Trump lost the popular vote so very badly. Yes, there was increased voting overall, so he got a greater number of votes than last time. But the majority (by a 16 point advantage) of the increased voting went to Biden, not to him.The left is scared. They stole an election from a candidate who won the popular vote. They had help from foreign countries. If justice was served they would be liable to get the death penalty for treason.
Trump scared the Democrats badly on the 6th. They are also scared of Trump because more people voted for Trump than for Obama and Trump's voters are loyal to him personally. The Democrats are reacting in fear, carelessly. The more oppressive Democrats become the sooner they will be overthrown. Trump knows this.
Nonviolent resistance works by causing your opponent to alienate more and more people until no one supports them any more.
The anti-Trump hysteria of the last four years drove many voters away from the Democrat party and into the MAGA movement. People are getting tired of covid lockdowns. Out of office and no longer responsible for policy, Trump will be able to criticize the covid and other repressive policies much more strenuously.
Every situation has advantages and disadvantages. Trump will assess the new situation, identify the advantages. He can continue taunting and provoking the Democrats after he leaves office. They may become more and more hysterical, make more mistakes, embarrass themselves further, and alienate more voters. Not being president will give Trump a lot more room to maneuver. Trump may be more effective at weakening support for Democrats after he leaves office than he could be as president.
I don't know what is really going to happen but I think it's possible, if things go right, and they might not, that a MAGA president could take office in 2025. I think it's better to look for ways to success than assume failure.
And it's getting even worse since the election, as we saw in Georgia. There has been an additional 2+ point shift to the Democrats, since Nov. 3, which allowed the Democrats to win the senate seats and have control. Instead of the "Left" running scared and shrinking, it is Trump and the Republicans who are losing their supporters. And that was before Trump incited violence against the US government. It can only be worse, now. And some of you are just now realizing that Trump lied to you and abandoned you on your big day, so you are also starting to lose even your most ardent supporters.
If you want to continue losing, by all means, let Trump continue to drive away the remainder of the ordinary, decent Americans to the "Left". I sincerely hope that you remain blind and dismissive of the facts. We're all ready to be done with this clown, and the longer you cling to him, the faster that will happen.
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