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RandySF

(86,253 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 05:07 PM Aug 2023

Trump'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 won’t only be his fate in the hands of jurors: the state’s 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 state’s 16 electoral votes. (Shafer’s 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

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Glorfindel

(10,175 posts)
3. Good. I wish something would DESTROY the Georgia rePuke Party.
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 05:16 PM
Aug 2023

We'd be better off without it.

Cha

(320,590 posts)
6. I WISH! trump has already Fucked
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 05:41 PM
Aug 2023

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)
7. the most recent June poll (D poll) of GA voters has Trump leading Biden by 4% for the 2024 race...
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 05:51 PM
Aug 2023

The latest indictments certainly may bring that number down.

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