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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 09:25 PM Apr 2021

Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger just told @CNN that his office is cooperating with the Atla


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#BREAKING: Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger just told @CNN that his office is cooperating with the Atlanta DA's investigation into Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 Georgia election.
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Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger just told @CNN that his office is cooperating with the Atla (Original Post) soothsayer Apr 2021 OP
Raffensperger was a vocal defender of the GA election law. Bleacher Creature Apr 2021 #1
I heard Stacey Abrams say in an interview on MSNBC leftieNanner Apr 2021 #16
Trump did a classic "mob shakedown" of Georgia's Sec. of State and other election officials. Botany Apr 2021 #2
A clear majority of the states Republican legislature though has moved to appease Trump cstanleytech Apr 2021 #7
I might be wrong but their moves to stop blacks/democrats from voting are not to appease Trump ... Botany Apr 2021 #9
Arizona's legislature made the same moves and the courts rejected them. This ninja recount by ancianita Apr 2021 #12
THIS was their plan if (when) the asshole lost bluestarone Apr 2021 #11
GREAT!!! BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #3
He called Stacey Abrams locks Apr 2021 #4
I want to see Trump prosecuted so bad! True Dough Apr 2021 #5
Me too skydive forever Apr 2021 #14
Skeptical? Not me... MiHale Apr 2021 #15
Stealing-Stopper Raffensperger? czarjak Apr 2021 #6
I've decided that I have a new name that every even halfway principled republican will soon be named GulfCoast66 Apr 2021 #8
Too bad for them. calimary Apr 2021 #17
Seems to me bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #10
Just the ask on the phone was illegal. His sworn affadavit will be evidence of the crime, along with ancianita Apr 2021 #13
Doesn't the Governor control the DA? If so this goes nowhere. nt live love laugh Apr 2021 #18
No, the DA is elected locally HariSeldon Apr 2021 #20
That's good to know thank you. live love laugh Apr 2021 #21
Rt TY & GA SOS Raffensperger! I hope Cha Apr 2021 #19
And then, one day... Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #22
Let's get that fat piece of shit into a jail cell Blue Owl Apr 2021 #23

Bleacher Creature

(11,504 posts)
1. Raffensperger was a vocal defender of the GA election law.
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 09:59 PM
Apr 2021

I'm obviously thrilled that he's cooperating with the Trump investigation, but that doesn't make him any less awful.

leftieNanner

(16,121 posts)
16. I heard Stacey Abrams say in an interview on MSNBC
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 01:03 PM
Apr 2021

Maybe with Rachel, that Kemp and Raffensperger spent $150 million on new voting machines. That forced them to defend the accuracy of the election because if they intimated that it was fraudulent, it would make them look bad. $150 million bad.

I have to believe that both of them are royally pissed off at T***p for the way he has treated them.

As you said, it doesn't make them any less awful.

Botany

(76,514 posts)
2. Trump did a classic "mob shakedown" of Georgia's Sec. of State and other election officials.
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 10:05 PM
Apr 2021

And it is on tape too.

Trump, "Can't you find me 12,000 votes?" (rough quote)

That was not Trump's 1st time @ the rodeo (aka shaking down people). He was very comfortable in asking for something that was
not his and illegal too.

'I just want 11,780 votes': Trump pressed Georgia to overturn Biden victory

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/03/trump-georgia-raffensperger-call-biden-washington-post

cstanleytech

(28,256 posts)
7. A clear majority of the states Republican legislature though has moved to appease Trump
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 11:43 PM
Apr 2021

by working hard to pass legislation to make it as hard as possible for black voters so in a way Trump did get part of what he wanted.

Botany

(76,514 posts)
9. I might be wrong but their moves to stop blacks/democrats from voting are not to appease Trump ...
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 11:52 PM
Apr 2021

... but a desperate to keep power in a changing demographic landscape.

Despite Fox News, the dumb fuck republicans in state houses, congress, and packed onto the courts
they are doomed over time. Joe and the K-Bomb are building a Juggernaut of a new and diverse
party.



They are in or soon will be in the Labera Tar Pits of history. Hell yes they should please hang onto Trump
who was and still is part of the biggest criminal operation in America's history.

ancianita

(43,030 posts)
12. Arizona's legislature made the same moves and the courts rejected them. This ninja recount by
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 11:28 AM
Apr 2021

Dave Logan should still be fought in the courts for lack of public transparency -- a standard that allowed both parties to have observers during the count process -- or if his counts help Trump win by even a +1, this will stand as a PR move to hold up the narrative that the election was rigged.

locks

(2,012 posts)
4. He called Stacey Abrams
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 10:19 PM
Apr 2021

a liar about the voting restriction law. Those GA Repugs in GA, TX and AZ can never be trusted.

True Dough

(25,970 posts)
5. I want to see Trump prosecuted so bad!
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 11:16 PM
Apr 2021

But I'm growing impatient, and skeptical that the SOB will ever be found guilty and sentenced. For anything.

skydive forever

(511 posts)
14. Me too
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 11:55 AM
Apr 2021

It's been 3 months, time to sh!t or get off the pot. We as a nation can not move forward till we face the past.

MiHale

(12,678 posts)
15. Skeptical? Not me...
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 12:23 PM
Apr 2021

I truly believe nobody in government that had anything to do with the insurrection will ever be punished. Trump will never suffer any consequences for anything criminal he has done.

Think we’ll hear a variation of this in the next couple years...

“For the health/unity/peace (you can add your own)of the nation/country we should just move on from this and focus all our energy on the future.”

For my mental health I take this view, I have no words that describe the raging anger I have toward the instigators of this insurrection. A man -child that can’t admit defeat, in his words, sad.

I do not condone any of the actions committed by the people that day.

But the little people are going to be the ones taking the brunt of any punishment doled out...once again. I hope they get what they deserve but the government leaders of insurrection will carry on as a summer walk in the park.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
8. I've decided that I have a new name that every even halfway principled republican will soon be named
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 11:46 PM
Apr 2021

Ex-republican. Not Democratic by any means. But republicans are quickly becoming the Q party. Modern day Know-Nothings. I’ve got several republican friends that feel homeless politically. They are not religious and don’t understand what is happening to their party. They don’t like my analysis.

calimary

(89,189 posts)
17. Too bad for them.
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 01:09 PM
Apr 2021

There’s only one way to go to avoid being a traitorous idiot: DON’T BE a GOP! It’s the party of the Detestables, the Despicables, and the Damned. And throw in Deplorables for good measure.

I’ve seen enough since the grim Ronald Reagan/Newt Gingrich days to have NO MORE patience OR understanding OR sympathy OR ANY leftover room in my heart for these jerks. Hey GOP, come talk to me after you’ve had your heads removed and screwed back on straight, and/or found even a minimal conscience for transplant from someone who’s died.

bucolic_frolic

(54,207 posts)
10. Seems to me
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 11:22 AM
Apr 2021

he got ticked off at the effort to be part of the crime so to speak. There's partisanship, there's turning a blind eye, but there's also a bridge too far.

ancianita

(43,030 posts)
13. Just the ask on the phone was illegal. His sworn affadavit will be evidence of the crime, along with
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 11:29 AM
Apr 2021

the recorded call itself.

HariSeldon

(540 posts)
20. No, the DA is elected locally
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 02:50 PM
Apr 2021

And this is the DA for Fulton County, metro Atlanta. Demographics are very different from Georgia as a whole.

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