> "That statement is very simple, I said, ‘Vote for me, you’re not gonna have to do it ever again,’” Trump told Ingraham. “It’s true, because we have to get the vote out. Christians are not known as a big voting group, they don’t vote. And I’m explaining that to them. You never vote. This time, vote. I’ll straighten out the country, you won’t have to vote any more, I won’t need your vote any more, you can go back to not voting.” [^0]

[^0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/30/dona...

There were various statements and hints that the election process would never favour non-Republicans again. Given the lack of integrity and frequent accusations, I suspect that there was a lot of vote manipulation in the previous election.

They possibly thought that the democrats might go for the "all forgotten, we're all friends now, right?" approach. Which wouldn't be a _crazy_ thing to think, because it's pretty much what happened in 2020.