Gingrich Criticizes Georgia SOS for Adding Drop Boxes That 'Make It Harder for Republicans To Win"

[CatWoman]

Newt Gingrich, the conservative former House Speaker, complained Sunday that the introduction of ballot drop boxes to Georgia's election process this year will "make it harder" for GOP candidates to win during January's runoff contests. Specifically, he targeted Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is a Republican himself, in a tweet that seemed to echo Donald Trump's unsubstantiated allegations of misconduct and partisan schemes.

"Why is Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger working so hard to add drop boxes and take other steps to make it harder for Republicans to win," Gingrich wrote on Twitter. "Is he really that intimidated by Stacey Abrams?"

Abrams, who previously served in Georgia's state legislature and challenged Republican Governor Brian Kemp during the 2018 gubernatorial election, is now a voting rights advocate. As both of Georgia's senatorial elections moved to runoffs in the aftermath of November 3, Abrams emerged at the forefront of grassroots initiatives supporting Democratic candidates' campaigns. The results of January's runoff elections, between Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler and Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, will determine which party gains control of the U.S. Senate.

The elections board voted to extend the state's use of drop boxes through the end of December since many voters are expected to cast mail ballots ahead of the January 5 runoffs. Several counties have established additional drop boxes in their respective jurisdictions ahead of the elections.

https://www.newsweek.com/gingrich-criticizes-georgia-sec-state-adding-drop-boxes-that-make-it-harder-republicans-win-1554427?fbclid=IwAR0rmC5DvThPGd4iUTRBKycdVwtxUNT3zRjLWB1FQDGRTM5Aq-LgSdcqijA

[jcgoldie]

1. Newt is right

Anything that makes it easier for people to vote makes it harder for Republicans to win.

[sheshe2]

2. Newt is still alive?

[Hoyt]

3. Laugh every time I hear GOPers use that argument. It's not democracy nor moral under Christianity.

[Blue Owl]

4. Just fuck Numbskull Newt GinGrinch and the rest of the evil GOP

Time to make vote suppression a shameful chapter in our past

[JHB]

5. Wait, I've lost track. Is Newt cheating on his third wife or fourth?

I mean, I'm going to assume he hasn't flip-flopped on his long-standing practice of cheating on his wife du jour.

[JDC]

6. I told Newt to Fuck off in the ATL airport in the 90s

And have never regretted it.

He grumbled and just kept on moving.

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. Good for you

[MustLoveBeagles]

7. Aw

The mean old libs just aren't fair.

[LearnedHand]

9. Huh. Not the Onion

I’m really surprised they haven’t gone out of business in the past 4 years because daily headlines always out-Onioned the Onion.

And BTW, fuck off, you oily, smarmy faux academic piece of shit. Expose your secret playbook much? You are PERSONALLY responsible for the toxicity in Congress and in public discourse. Your schtick jumped the shark about a quarter century ago. Go develop a penile tumor that makes your dick fall off.



Edit: fixed typo

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Newt was one of the Orginal Hate Political Hacks.

[electric_blue68]

11. ooOH, Neeeewt. Oh, because less voting options helps Republicans?

Is THAT it little Repuglican cry baby?!
.
You and Paul Weyrich (Heritage Fndtn):can shove it up your patooties! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[gratuitous]

12. Is he saying that Republicans aren't smart enough to work a drop box?

That doesn't sound very complimentary.

[Sedona]

18. LMFAO

[FakeNoose]

13. If Chump hadn't completely screwed up the U.S. Postal System

... nobody would even need a drop box. Ballot brop boxes were never a consideration until about 3 months ago.

[OnDoutside]

14. Or, is he giving two fingers to those who made life hell for him and

his family ?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. You can make Newt mad ...

For Warnock, Ossoff, and Fair Fight:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dufor2020runoff

[Sedona]

16. I've been depositing absentee ballots into drop boxes since the 90's

first in Arizona and in Georgia since 2016.

I NEVER trusted the righties working in the post office in my red states.

NOW suddenly that the GOP is losing elections they're a problem.

Fuck you Newt. Your old district is being represented by my congress critter Lucy McBath.

Fuck right off!

[Cha]

17. I get texts from Newt addressed

to someone named "Jerry", evidently a former big donor, who is MIA.

Newt really wants "Jerry" to request a ballot for the January 5 election in GA.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Why Is He Still A Thing?

His own party ran him out of D.C., on a rail.
THEY forced him to resign the Speaker position. THEY made it clear he was no longer going to frame their agenda, so he left Congress entirely 2 months later.
If the Rs didn't even want him, (and dems loathe him) why is he being interviewed by anybody?
If Rs didn't want him & dems can't stand him, who is the audience the media thinks exists?