You're making the mistake of thinking RL actually follows the news or has any knowledge about the subjects he posts about. This would all make a lot more sense to you if you just dropped that premise.
It's frightening how little republicans actually care about this. I guess Putin is an ally now and cares about American freedom.
I think the number is higher than 39 now. But this is the first time I know of that there is indication of foul play. Logs were deleted that could have shown if results were tampered with.
Just incredibly sad. I think we should vote for the party that has proposed measures to make our elections and votes more secure.