GA's secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude ballots

[Nevilledog]

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Georgia’s secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude legal ballots, @AmyEGardner reports

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In a wide-ranging interview, Brad Raffensperger expressed exasperation for a string of baseless accusations by President Trump and his allies about Georgia’s vote.
washingtonpost.com
3:26 PM · Nov 16, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brad-raffensperger-georgia-vote/2020/11/16/6b6cb2f4-283e-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that he has come under increasing pressure in recent days from fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), to question the validity of legally cast absentee ballots in an effort to reverse President Trump’s narrow loss in the state.

In a wide-ranging interview about the 2020 election, Raffensperger expressed exasperation with a string of baseless allegations coming from Trump and his allies about the integrity of the Georgia results, including claims that Dominion Voting Systems, the Colorado-based manufacturer of Georgia’s voting machines, is a “leftist” company with ties to Venezuela that engineered thousands of Trump votes not to be counted.

The atmosphere has grown so contentious, Raffensperger said, that both he and his wife, Tricia, have received death threats in recent days, including a text to him that read, “You better not botch this recount. Your life depends on it.”

“Other than getting you angry, it’s also very disillusioning,” Raffensperger said of the threats, “particularly when it comes from people on my side of the aisle. Everyone that is working on this needs to elevate their speech. We need to be thoughtful and careful about what we say.” He said he reported the threats to state authorities.

The pressure on Raffensperger, who has bucked his party in defending the state’s voting process, comes as Georgia is in the midst of a laborious hand recount of roughly 5 million ballots. President-elect Joe Biden has a 14,000-vote lead in the initial count.

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[secondwind]

1. We are literally in the Twilight Zone................

Have never before felt the way I do now.............. about the President and the Republicans.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Republican suddenly realizes Republicans are Republicans

How can you not see the corruption around you?

[CatWoman]

3. 1. I'm glad he is publically exposing this.

2. Even if Georgia goes to Trump, he still falls short of 270.

[LisaL]

5. Why would GA go to Trump?

NT

[CatWoman]

8. well, i'm supposing that's why the SOS is being pressured

so that GA would go in the Trump column?

[struggle4progress]

4. Is Lindsey afraid something about him will become known if his party loses?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. "We need to be thoughtful and careful about what we say." -- That would be a first for Trumpists.

[yardwork]

7. Watch out for the run-off senate elections in GA.

That's what this intimidation is aimed at.

[Windy City Charlie]

9. Hmm

Wouldn't this be considered harassment and intimidation of a public official?

[Brother Mythos]

10. Most Trump voters are people for whom the ends justify the means.

So, this is not a surprise to me.

[Skraxx]

11. GO STRAIGHT TO FUCKING JAIL MUTHERFUCKERS!!!!

Holy shit, it never ends. Joe's coming you fucks, you can't stop it and I can't wait to see you fuckers behind bars. You fucking fucks. You muther fucking fucking fucks.

[crimycarny]

12. Graham defense per CNN was he simply asked how signatures are verified

But he leaves out why he, a senator from South Carolina, is contacting the GEORGIA Secretary of State and asking questions, PERIOD.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-trump-us-election-news-11-16-20/h_8f897242cfc98defb7357c6fae2f8b6c

[iluvtennis]

13. Disgusting. All the GOP thugs who are doing this need to be charged with election interference. nt