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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 11:49 PM Nov 2020

Republicans to Trump: Georgia fraud claims could cost us the Senate

Even as the key battleground states have certified their results and Trump’s legal challenges are crumbling, the president is refusing to let go of his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and fight to overturn the election results. Moreover, the official presidential transition is already in motion, and President-elect Joe Biden received his first presidential intelligence briefing on Monday.

But Republicans are increasingly seeing Trump’s posture as not just rhetoric. They view it as a self-serving quest that could imperil the GOP’s grip on the Senate by depressing turnout in two runoffs races that will decide which party controls the upper chamber. And they are publicly hoping he will refrain from pushing his false fraud claims when he visits the Peach State this week to campaign for Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.

“Making an allegation without having facts to back it up could be detrimental to his long-term legacy,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said flatly.

“I would hope when the president is in Georgia Saturday he talks about the importance of turning out the vote,” added Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a member of GOP leadership. “And I think what he says on that trip will probably matter more than what he’s said up until now.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-to-trump-georgia-fraud-claims-could-cost-us-the-senate/ar-BB1bvsHk?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP

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Republicans to Trump: Georgia fraud claims could cost us the Senate (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
I laughed out loud at this quote... subterranean Nov 2020 #1
As did I. sheshe2 Dec 2020 #4
I laughed until my teeth fell out. LSFL Dec 2020 #7
Scooter. sheshe2 Dec 2020 #8
I doubt oRange has the self control to not say I won or fraud at least 10 times fearnobush Dec 2020 #2
Shhh StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #3
This sheshe2 Dec 2020 #6
They're mixing him up with someone who cares. LisaM Dec 2020 #5
K&R. nt Wednesdays Dec 2020 #9
Trump to Republicans... jcgoldie Dec 2020 #10

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
1. I laughed out loud at this quote...
Mon Nov 30, 2020, 11:56 PM
Nov 2020

"“Making an allegation without having facts to back it up could be detrimental to his long-term legacy,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said flatly.

That's a good one, Mike!

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
4. As did I.
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 12:02 AM
Dec 2020

His legacy will be the deaths of 270K Americans and counting. What did he do? He golfed and whined about how mean everyone was to him.

fearnobush

(3,960 posts)
2. I doubt oRange has the self control to not say I won or fraud at least 10 times
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 12:00 AM
Dec 2020

Of course he could make up some bullshit scheme saying we found the rigged algorithms it’s safe to vote now lol.

But we all know Donald Jackass Trump doesn’t give two shits about the senate now that he’s been defeated. In fact a dem senate and house could be beneficial to his 2024 fantasyland run.

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