To a large degree, Trump needs Republicans to lose in 2022 because otherwise, it becomes even harder to maintain the fiction that 2020 was stolen. If the D's could steal 2020, why not 2022? If the GOP wins, there's even less credibility to the crazy idea 2020 was stolen.
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/1448391749617995777?t=nUX1ezvM89NiZ2PIKz6ZaQ&s=19