Looks like power remora and unprincipled hack Sen. Lindsey "Huckleberry" Graham (R-SuCk) has been working hard trying to steal Georgia for his mentor:
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that he has come under increasing pressure in recent days from fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), who he said questioned the validity of legally cast absentee ballots, in an effort to reverse President Trump’s narrow loss in the state. [snip]
In the interview, Raffensperger also said he spoke on Friday to Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who has echoed Trump’s unfounded claims about voting irregularities.
In their conversation, Graham questioned Raffensperger about the state’s signature-matching law and whether political bias could have prompted poll workers to accept ballots with nonmatching signatures, according to Raffensperger. Graham also asked whether Raffensperger had the power to toss all mail ballots in counties found to have higher rates of nonmatching signatures, Raffensperger said.
Raffensperger said he was stunned that Graham appeared to suggest that he find a way to toss legally cast ballots. Absent court intervention, Raffensperger doesn’t have the power to do what Graham suggested because counties administer elections in Georgia.
“It sure looked like he was wanting to go down that road,” Raffensperger said.
Twitter reacts so we don't have to:
Attn: AG Barr
— Kristen Clarke 866-OUR-VOTE (@KristenClarkeJD) November 16, 2020
Still searching for evidence of attempts to interfere with election? Appears that Senator Lindsey Graham should be investigated immediately. https://t.co/V1Q23G2NSY
Some might call this… election fraud. https://t.co/sB1r7QTzmv
— Amy Spitalnick (@amyspitalnick) November 16, 2020
Lindsey Graham is now begging election officials to turn our country into a sham democracy resembling Russia's. And he's far from alone in the GOP https://t.co/zt6WKKgpZ2
— David Nir (@DavidNir) November 16, 2020
Indeed I am👇
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 17, 2020
"Marc Elias, a top attorney for the Democratic Party who has spent decades defending voting rights, is calling on the Ethics Committee to investigate Senator Lindsey Graham."https://t.co/fBYRfCFpxS
If Bill Barr were not the Attorney General, the report that Graham pressured the Georgia Secretary of State to discard legally cast votes would prompt an intensive investigation. Until we have a new Attorney General, the job of investigating falls to the Senate ethics committee.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) November 17, 2020
This is what we in the legal world call a felony. https://t.co/GQry7GO2fl
— Andrew Weissmann (@AWeissmann_) November 16, 2020
Being a professional weasel, likely nothing of any significance will happen to Graham as a result of this -- except, perhaps, it backfiring on Georgia Republicans in the coming Senate runoffs. It's a thin reed, but we'll hold on to it.
In the meantime, you can help Stacy Abrams make it a Fair Fight and flip those two Republican seats!
UPDATE:
Two phone calls. Witnesses. https://t.co/mUyalCFGq1 pic.twitter.com/L77DXKpLCR
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 17, 2020
UPDATE II:
Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC just told a group of reporters in the capitol that he’s also spoken to Secretaries of State in Nevada and Arizona. This is in addition to the sos in Georgia.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 17, 2020
He said he’s doing it as a senator who is worried about election integrity. (@pkcapitol asked)
