Lindsey Graham's claim that he wasn't interfering in the Georgia vote doesn't add up

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Lindsey Graham’s claim that he wasn’t interfering in the Georgia vote doesn’t add up

Opinion | Lindsey Graham’s claim that he wasn’t interfering in the Georgia vote doesn’t add up
Why in the world was Graham nosing around in the ballot-counting process of a state he doesn’t even represent?
washingtonpost.com
12:23 PM · Nov 17, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/17/lindsey-graham-claim-wasnt-interfering-georgia-vote-doesnt-add-up/

So who are you going to believe?

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, when he says that one of President Trump’s most reliable allies pressured him to throw out legitimate votes during a laborious hand recount of ballots in a state that Joe Biden won by a nose? Or Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) who says that he was doing nothing of the sort when the two of them talked last Friday?

“If he feels threatened by that conversation, he’s got a problem,” Graham said. “I actually thought it was a good conversation.”

A good conversation. It is hard to miss the uncomfortable echo of Trump’s claim that he was impeached for a “perfect phone call,” in which he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 to dig up dirt on Biden’s son.

But at least in Trump’s case, it was not hard to see why he and Zelensky would have been on the phone. Heads of government speak to each other all the time.

Why in the world was Graham, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, nosing around in the ballot-counting process of a state he doesn’t even represent?

Raffensperger, it should be noted, is a conservative who says he has never voted for a Democrat. In his 2018 runoff election, Trump endorsed him in a tweet as someone who would be “a fantastic Secretary of State for Georgia.” The president praised Raffensperger, an engineer and state legislator, as “tough on Crime and Borders, Loves our Military and Vets. He will be great for jobs!”

*snip*

[Sneederbunk]

1. Lindsey got careless after winning re-election.

[Laelth]

2. I hope this story has legs.

Personally, I am skeptical that anything criminal occurred, but I am not sad to see Republicans eating their own.

-Laelth

[liberal N proud]

3. MSNBC picked up on this story

Maybe it has legs! Hoping

[C_U_L8R]

4. Georgia ain't South Carolina.

He has no uninvited business there except to interfere.

[Hanzzy72]

5. I'm still baffled that this degenerate is still in office.

Honestly he needs to suffer some consequences for all of his actions already. I could say that about the majority of the Republican party but the way Graham goes about his conduct is extra slimy...