Today, according to new polling more than two year after the inauguration of president Biden, six out of ten republicans still say the election was illegitimate. That's down from 71 percent in January 2021. And 36 percent still thinks there's solid evidence the election wasn't legitimate. [NOTE: suggestions there is evidence of the election fraud claim have been debunked scores of times by scores of observers.]

And that's the legacy of Trump: victimhood.

Weeks before the election he was convincing his supporters that 'the-only-way-we-can-lose-is-if-it's-a-rigged-election'. And he never stopped, steadfastly refusing to admit defeat, blocking the smooth transition of power central to a functioning democracy, tossing out excuse after excuse, some contradictory, and always making himself the victim of a deep state conspiracy, fraudulent mail-in ballots, election workers with thumb drives that cast votes for Biden, voting machine irregularities, and something, something Hunter Biden.

For Trump, it doesn't matter. He's never cared which theory you believed about how his 2020 loss wasn't actually a loss, any more than he cared which narrative about the Russia interference story was the one that convinced you the whole thing was fishy. Trump treats excuses the way Starbucks treats stores; it doesn't matter if two of them trample on one another as long as he's making a sale.

Jeebus, six out of ten republicans are still deluded.

But hey, looking on the bright side, on inauguration day 2020 it was seven out of ten republicans. The question though is this: did 10 percent actually see the light or did they only get to the point where they don't want to admit to pollsters that they still believe the unbelievable?

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