They know they can't realistically "win" anything without it looking obviously suspicious, so what's the next best thing? Let the Republicans take a simple majority while also cheating the people in you want to retain and control.
But why? Why concede the midterms and make it harder for your agenda? So your steal doesn't get brought to light.
Think about it for a second. They can control the narrative and when Republicans that got cheated are "whining" they can try and make us look like the bad guys for demanding audits. "Oh... it's not enough you got a majority? You guys are sore losers!!!" Then for the next two years it's all about the ungrateful Republicans and painting them as the bad guys while they shut down the government and let all the economic problems happen while they have a simple, do nothing majority...
I said before... I will say it again... anything less than a MAGA landslide is UNACCEPTABLE. Fuck their narratives. Fuck optics. Demand audits on ALL of these elections ESPECIALLY the ones where MAGA won. DO NOT SETTLE FOR THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.
Also they know economy is gonna tank because of rising interest rates. They are willing to give slim majority to republicans just to blame them when the economy tanks bad even though Dem policy caused it.
Ding. Ding. Ding.