I wish the story line about costing the White House was true but the way the Dems cheat and everybody sits on their thumbs and allows it tends to point the other way.
Republicans did nothing when Gore tried to steal the election in Florida in 2000. This country sat in limbo for a whole month, while the election was fought over in the Supreme Court before we knew who the new President was. You'd think that the GOP would want to make sure that something like that never happened again, but they did nothing at all. They acted as if nothing had even happened, and at no time, in the 20 years that passed between 2000 and 2020, did Republicans ever bring up election fraud or reform, not even when they had the majority in both Houses of Congress. That's all you need to know about the Republican Party. After January 6th, I registered as an independent after 40+ years a Republican. I will never be a registered Republican ever again, and unless another Trump comes along to vote for, I'll be sitting home on Election Days in the future, because the GOP doesn't deserve my vote. The GOP is like a spoiled child who only calls you when they need something from you. In the GOP's case, it's your money and your vote. Then they ignore you until the next election cycle, when they come sniffing around you again.