Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger has a long-standing value of ethics. He wasn't going to be corrupted, so where did Lindsay Graham find the audacity to even approach him about changing the Georgia vote?
Raffensperger is impressive. I hope he and his family are okay, because, his dedication to the truth is admirable and they should not be suffering because of it.
The Republicans did their best to influence this man. There should be no surprise he has a strong backbone to even the idea of corruption. He loves this country and won't have it compromised.
Mr. Raffensperger is a breath of fresh air to this corrupted party that will go to any extent to maintain their base of power. The corruption within the Republican Party is chasing power, not governance. That is very worrisome. The wrongful use of power within any government leads to compromise of the well being of the people and their BEST INTERESTS.
I wish him and his family well. They never deserved any of the harassment and death threats are very scary. No doubt.
The investigation with Lindsay Graham needs to go forward. When people like Graham "even think" that level of corruption is possible it has to be stopped. Graham needs to understand in sincerely potent ways his actions and words are completely wrong in a way that could lead to a treasonist act.
"My God, Lindsay, Trump polishes Putin's boots." It isn't a joke. It isn't just politics. It is not a game that any one player is WINNING everything. This is about the governance of the USA and the lives of the people. There is no such thing as winning at any cost in this country. Graham and Trump are way over the line.
By Jessica Huseman and Mike Spies
Long before Republican senators (click here) began publicly denouncing how Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger handled the voting there, he withstood pressure from the campaign of Donald Trump to endorse the president for reelection.
Raffensperger, a Republican, declined an offer in January to serve as an honorary co-chair of the Trump campaign in Georgia, according to emails reviewed by ProPublica. He later rejected GOP requests to support Trump publicly, he and his staff said in interviews. Raffensperger said he believed that, because he was overseeing the election, it would be a conflict of interest for him to take sides. Around the country, most secretaries of state remain officially neutral in elections.
The attacks on his job performance are “clear retaliation,” Raffensperger said. “They thought Georgia was a layup shot Republican win. It is not the job of the secretary of state’s office to deliver a win — it is the sole responsibility of the Georgia Republican Party to get out the vote and get its voters to the polls. That is not the job of the secretary of state’s office.”...
