Georgia's GOP secretary of state goes on Facebook fact-checking spree over Trump's misinformation
Brad Raffensperger called Doug Collins, who was tasked by the Trump campaign to oversee the audit of ballots in Georgia, a "failed candidate" and a "liar."
WASHINGTON — Georgia’s Republican secretary of state posted several fact checks on his official Facebook page Sunday correcting misinformation about the election promoted by President Donald Trump and his campaign.
Brad Raffensperger, for example, shared an Associated Press story that fact-checked Trump’s false claim that Georgia election officials were unable to verify signatures on absentee ballots because of a legal settlement.
Another post from the secretary of state said, “The state of Georgia has had no excuse absentee ballots since 2005 — only those who request a ballot can vote absentee." Beneath that, he wrote, “Image attached for attention,” and posted a screenshot of a Trump tweet from July in which the president said absentee ballots are fine, but mail-in ballots are not, and suggested mail-ins could lead to 20 percent of ballots being fraudulent.
"Truth matters. Integrity matters," he wrote.
In his last post of the series, Raffensperger lit into Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., an ally of the president who failed in his bid to unseat GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler in the crowded Senate race this year and was tasked by the Trump campaign to oversee the audit of ballots in the state.
After again addressing signature matching, Raffensperger wrote, “Failed candidate Doug Collins is a liar — but what’s new?” and posted a screenshot of another Trump tweet saying mail-in ballots “will lead to the most corrupt election” in U.S. history.
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