1. Work like hell to eliminate Trump from future political consideration.
The very real, and very welcomed and strategic side effects of the efforts to achieve their top goal are...
1. It keeps Trump at the forefront, as the main singular focus of the Republican party. This basically ensures that the Republican tent doesn't get any bigger. Because while these efforts absolutely are galvanizing Trump supporters, they're also galvanizing his detractors.
2. Trump is one of the few candidates Biden, or Harris for that matter, could beat in 24 (projecting as of today). If they fail in their main goal of ending his political career, the flip side is they'll ensure he's the 24' candidate. And if he chooses not to run, for whatever reason, they're ensuring that "Trumpism" is melted into whoever does run. Basically the only chance Biden or Harris would have against any sort of decent non Trump candidate, is if Trumpism remains prevalent and strong enough, that the new candidate alienates enough voters to essentially lose the election. The last couple elections have been much more about who LOST the election, than who went out and won the election.
3. They are doing all this because they know they don't have a strong candidate themselves right now. And they know the mood and demographics are shifting. The trend for quite a long time now has been away from Conservatism, towards Progressivism. But it feels like we're reaching the limits a bit on how Progressive, collectively, Americans want to be. Its going to take the Democrats a while to adjust to that. Just like the "normal" Republicans are struggling right now to deal with Trump and Trumpism..."normal" Democrats are struggling to walk alongside the AOC's, and the cancel culture part of their party.
I think effectively achieving their top goal is probably what is best for our country right now. Its hard to even think about hard lines being crossed, after the 4 years we had with Trump as the POTUS. It seemed like he crossed those lines on a weekly basis. So I'm not sure Americans have all that many collective "hard lines" any more. And I certainly don't think the raid on Mar a Lago constitutes a hard line being crossed, for most Americans. Trumps followers, absolutely.
I have no clue the motives, the specifics involved, the reasons for going through with the Raid, well over a year after he left office. But I do know that it ensures that Trump is either 1) eventually eliminated from future candidacies, or 2)ensures that he's front and center in politics for quite some time. Either way, they're getting some level of what they want.
I'm a registered Independent voter. I've voted approximately 60-70 percent Republican throughout the years. And I've not seen any realistic Democratic POTUS candidates yet, that I wouldn't vote fore over Trump. And I say that admitting that I align with quite a few of the policy decisions he campaigned on, and made while in office. He's THAT bad of a human being in my eyes. Exponentially worse than Biden, who I also don't like as a politician or human.
And I think there are millions like me, and the Dems are keeping us out of the Republican tent right now.
