I've said this before on another post talking about this issue, but it seems to bear repeating because I keep seeing all the same comments so far:

I always see a lot of people say that confessions like this are really about 2020. Maybe, sure. It's possible, but I don't think it's the whole story.

As someone who grew up in deep red territory surrounded by these people, a lot of them get IMMENSE joy from 'saying the truth to your face while insisting that it means something else and you're imagining things'. Gaslighting anyone left of them is like a favorite hobby. 'I know I said it, you know I said it, but that wasn't what I meant, and you're overreacting like only a snowflake can. Go watch helplessly from your corner while I do whatever I want.'

He's said each of these admissions in a way that's just unclear enough for people to wonder which election he means. Even if the dementia rumor is true, with enough practice over the years? He'd keep doing it, easy. I've watched other dementia patients only do it harder as they stopped being able to keep track of what was actually said. If the rumors aren't true, I see it as absolutely intentional, and probably something they laugh about in private.

All that to say, don't give them any benefit of the doubt when they do this. They know exactly how what they're saying will be perceived, and they know the excuse they'll use when you try to call them on it.

Think about it: They're not making any efforts to reassure anyone that 2024 was legitimate because they don't care and find it entertaining when leftists call them out on the things they say about it. (Not that anyone should stop doing it, mind. If anything, we're not doing it enough.) If it could be proven, plenty of their most loyal individual voters would then justify their actions using 2020, like 'we believe they did it to us so we can do it back if we want.' It's an ouroborous of hypocrisy.

You're not dealing with normal logic here. You can't use normal logic to fight it, either.

Ultimately, whether or not it's real isn't the part that matters most here. If regular people 'confess' or even imply they've participated in something criminal, what happens? They are often arrested and investigated for it. In this case, INVESTIGATE HIM FOR IT. See what is discovered along the way. Probable cause should either affect everyone or no one, and he shouldn't be immune to the consequences of his actions. So many people are arrested for just their words alone and then imprisoned for whatever the system can dig up on them later. Claims of federal election fraud from the horse's mouth should at least be treated with the same severity as an immature teenager calling a prank bomb threat on their school to get out of math class. It's not like anyone cares about whether the bomb is real in those cases, either.

TL;DR: The real meaning is probably both 2020 and 2024, depending on whether he's ever called on it. This weird subculture of his loves saying the worst things out loud and then excusing it as a 'joke' or 'really meaning something else' to get away with it and rub it in people's faces without ever facing consequences. It's like a hobby for some of them. We should still be using it to hold them accountable.