Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger composed this bizarre tweet yesterday about Stacey Abrams likening her to former President Trump:
For 2 years, @staceyabrams spread the same conspiracy theories about Georgia’s elections that have been used since November to devastating effect. Securing Georgia’s elections means acknowledging baseless “stolen” election claims are a bipartisan problem.
This is nonsense and Raffensperger knows it. Stacey Abrams did not initiate an hour long phone conversation with Raffensperger demanding he overturn the election. Nor did she encourage violence much less prevent Brian Kemp from taking office.
I would venture to guess this tweet has a great deal to do with the fact that Trump very publicly endorsed Georgia Congressman Jody Hice to challenge Raffensperger for his position. In order to survive Hice's potential challenge and Trump's seal of disapproval he needs to get back into the good graces of Republicans. Putting Stacey Abrams on the same plane with Trump is the way to do it.
I doubt it will be particularly effective. If Fulton County DA Fanni Willis' investigation into Trump's call goes full speed ahead, Raffensperger could end up as the star witness. None of this will endear Raffensperger no matter how many mean tweets he writes against Stacey Abrams.
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