Trump Attacks on Mail Voting Cost Him In Georgia

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Trump Attacks on Mail Voting Cost Him In Georgia

November 17, 2020 at 4:41 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 224 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/17/trump-attacks-on-mail-voting-cost-him-in-georgia/

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) told Bloomberg that Donald Trump’s frequent and unsubstantiated accusations of mail-in voting fraud likely contributed to 24,500 people who voted in the state’s Republican primary not voting in the Nov. 3 election — possibly accounting for President-elect Joe Biden’s 14,000-vote advantage in the state.

Said Raffensperger: “In effect, what you’re doing is you are suppressing your own voters. I have no control over what campaigns do, and if they do ill-advised actions that suppress their own vote, what can I do?”

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[sheshe2]

1. Boom!

Said Raffensperger: “In effect, what you’re doing is you are suppressing your own voters. I have no control over what campaigns do, and if they do ill-advised actions that suppress their own vote, what can I do?”

The gang that can't shoot straight, vote straight blame everyone but themselves.

[C_U_L8R]

2. D'oh.

Everything Trump does seems to backfire.

[tulipsandroses]

4. That's why he is considered a liability for the GA Senate Runoffs

By not conceding, insisting there was fraud, going so far as saying voting machines flipped from trump to Biden. He stands to suppress voters that may come out for republicans if they don't trust the process. But hey, trump is going to trump.

[napi21]

5. GREAT! I sure hope this message was sent direcly to DTs email! Various TV political guests have

said DT lost while most Pubs down ballot did well, so he can't blame them for his loss, NOW, he has one mosr thing HE DID that caused him to lose. aI hope he's pacing his oval office, throwing things & swearing at himself for being such an AH!

[babylonsister]

7. Nah, it's NEVER his fault! nt

[crickets]

6. In other words, "Republican party can get off my back!"

From the Bloomberg article linked at PW:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-17/trump-attacks-on-vote-cost-him-in-georgia-gop-official-says

Georgia’s two Republican senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, have called on Raffensperger to resign. Republican Representative Doug Collins, a close ally of the president who’s overseeing the recount for the campaign, has also criticized Raffensperger.

“I guess if you’re a shill for President Trump you can get away with it, no one holds him accountable,” Raffensperger said of Collins.

Raffensperger said the audit now being completed should give voters confidence in the results.

“The reason we’ve done an audit is that we make sure that every legal vote has been counted, and that should give people assurance that we’re making sure that it’s a thorough process so there can be no question afterwards,” he said.

Well, damn. It's a shame Raffensperger likely blew his career future in the party by saying this, but what a guy! If you can get to the article, it's worth reading for the bits about Lindsey Graham and signature-matching as well.

Kudos to you, Brad Raffensperger. 🤗

[babylonsister]

8. He could always switch parties. He might want to. nt

[crickets]

10. I'd welcome him if he did.

He seems like a decent guy who takes his job seriously and gets things done right without suffering fools or getting caught up in politics for its own sake. Finding a Repub like him is like sighting a unicorn in the wild. Any time he wants, he can come on over. We have cookies.

[Ilsa]

9. Lindsey Graham answers: Cheat! nt