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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's New Indictment Could Hurt the Georgia GOP for Years
When Donald Trump stands trial in Georgia for his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, it wont only be his fate in the hands of jurors: the states Republican Party will be on trial, too.
The indictment released on Monday by Fulton County prosecutors makes clear that, more so than perhaps any other state party in the country, the Georgia Republican Party apparatus is bound to Trump and his desperate effort to throw out 2020 election results.
Among the 19 people charged by District Attorney Fani Willis, for instance, is David Shafer, who served as chairman of the state party from 2019 to 2023. Other prominent Georgia Republicans who were indicted include state Sen. Shawn Still and Cathy Latham, the former chair of the Coffee County GOP.
Shafer, a longtime power player in Georgia Republican politics, is alleged to have organized a slate of 16 so-called fake electors who met and falsely declared Trump the rightful winner of the states 16 electoral votes. (Shafers lawyers have said he was simply following legal advice from Trump's team.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-new-fulton-county-2020-election-indictment-could-hurt-the-georgia-gop-for-years?ref=wrap
RKP5637
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Glorfindel
(10,175 posts)We'd be better off without it.
LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)Brainfodder
(7,781 posts)Cha
(320,590 posts)up gop politics in GA.
Which I see you posted.. TY
How Trump wrecked the Georgia GOP
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218187377
WarGamer
(18,860 posts)The latest indictments certainly may bring that number down.
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