On the one hand, to prove out in practice what the exercise had floated. After all, the exercise wasn't about the laptop - it was about how to act in concert without obvious coordination. And on the other, it probably is fair to say it might have cost Biden some votes, just not ones that would flip to Trump.
right, so they were worried it would cost them the election. Not via flipped votes but via no shows. Enough people saying "whats the difference, Biden is just as bad, why even vote?" could be the margin of difference and the laptop story could have had that kind of impact. Reverse the story and make it Donald Jr and its a biden landslide. They knew how dangerous this was
If the Laptop story wouldn't have made any difference, why did they pull out all the stops to suppress it?
On the one hand, to prove out in practice what the exercise had floated. After all, the exercise wasn't about the laptop - it was about how to act in concert without obvious coordination. And on the other, it probably is fair to say it might have cost Biden some votes, just not ones that would flip to Trump.
right, so they were worried it would cost them the election. Not via flipped votes but via no shows. Enough people saying "whats the difference, Biden is just as bad, why even vote?" could be the margin of difference and the laptop story could have had that kind of impact. Reverse the story and make it Donald Jr and its a biden landslide. They knew how dangerous this was