Certainly the Democrats knew Harris would lose to Trump. She wasn't even popular amongst Democrats.
That said, the jury did not find Trump liable for rape, but he was found guilty of sexual abuse. Which would be bad enough, but Democrats like to screw themselves by exaggerating everything and looking hyperbolic for doing so.
They also say stupid things like Vance humps couches which makes the person saying it look way worse than Vance.
Both parties are charged with keeping their 330 million people maximally productive. The US isn't the richest country in the world without reason.
The country is rich, the people aren't.
It makes a lot of sense to rig the elections. It would be more shocking to discover the elections haven't been rigged this whole time and our government really is a chaotic mess that somehow functions.
Ever wonder who responds to those ads for interviews about how X policy by President X affected them? Well there you have it. This journalist found a long time Californian Republican with a trans child.
You do have to wonder who paid to get this content in front of everyone. How did anyone even know?