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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo why is Brad Raffensperger on Putin's Sanctioned Americans List?
Maybe because Donald Trump is a seditious traitor Russian agent that Putin wants to help win the Presidency.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/europe/russia-sanctions-trump.html
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So why is Brad Raffensperger on Putin's Sanctioned Americans List? (Original Post)
Edwcraig
May 2023
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Anybody that upheld the rule of law is on the list. Putin wants to destroy the rule of
Bev54
May 2023
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LisaL
(47,424 posts)1. A good question, indeed.
But this dude refused to find 11,000 votes when Trump asked him.
So there.
malaise
(296,199 posts)2. Connected to this?😀

Get him Fanni!😀
emulatorloo
(46,155 posts)3. Because Ragfensperger exposed Putin's hand-picked asset's election theft.
Turbineguy
(40,085 posts)4. He defied trump.
Cha
(319,158 posts)5. Because he didn't Cheat like
DT wanted him to in the 2020 election.
Bev54
(13,435 posts)6. Anybody that upheld the rule of law is on the list. Putin wants to destroy the rule of
law in the US, that is why there are so many dem AG's on the list. And also enemies of Trump and Putin.
Marcuse
(9,020 posts)7. Raffensperger got offers he could refuse. He's still a Republican who would vote for him again.
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,956 posts)8. Putin has put all of TFG's enemies on this list
This is not surprising. TFG is Putin's puppet and so TFG's enemies are Putin's enemies. Putin has sanctioned a number of TFG's enemies.
Link to tweet
https://washingtonpress.com/2023/05/21/tag-team-why-is-putin-sanctioning-trumps-enemies-list/
Russian President Vladimir Putin sanctioned more American citizens this week and did so with stunning audacity.
The Russian government included three people in their sanctions list with no relationship to Russia. The only commonality with each other comes from their being considered enemies of Donald Trump.
Putins list includes New York State Attorney General Letitia James, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and Lt. Michael Byrd, the Capitol Police officer who shot the pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6, 2021.
Donald Trump could not have been clearer over the years that he considers all three as enemies, and Trump continues to revile the three for their opposition to his policies and criminal behavior.
The Russian government included three people in their sanctions list with no relationship to Russia. The only commonality with each other comes from their being considered enemies of Donald Trump.
Putins list includes New York State Attorney General Letitia James, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and Lt. Michael Byrd, the Capitol Police officer who shot the pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6, 2021.
Donald Trump could not have been clearer over the years that he considers all three as enemies, and Trump continues to revile the three for their opposition to his policies and criminal behavior.
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,956 posts)9. Did Donald J. Trump write this list?
11 Bravo
(24,313 posts)10. It stems from his insufficient fealty to Putin's orange operative.
Renew Deal
(85,179 posts)11. It looks like they are speaking to Trump directly
Ask what he needs and they'll deliver it.