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| Georgia elections chief levels withering attack on voter activist Abrams |
| 2021-10-26 |
| [JUSTTHENEWS] By John Solomon Georgia’s top election official on Thursday leveled a blistering attack on his longtime nemesis, arguing liberal voter activist Stacey Abrams has no business interjecting bogus “stolen election” claims into Virginia’s closely contested gubernatorial race to try to help Democrats win. “With Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe giving Stacey Abrams a platform to spread stolen election conspiracy theories, I felt it important to speak up,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wrote in an Op-Ed in Real Clear Politics designed to remind voters Abrams leveled unproven claims her bid for Georgia governor was stolen in 2018 long before Donald Trump made similar claims in 2020. Abrams lost her 2018 race to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp by 55,000 votes but has never conceded and has taken her stories to Virginia in recent days to whip up Democrat votes. Raffensperger, who famously resisted Trump’s efforts to overturn last November’s election, said Abrams was first to erode Georgians’ confidence in their election systems and then used her claims as a fundraising tool. “Virginia deserves better,” he wrote. “By inviting Stacey Abrams, who has yet to concede her 2018 gubernatorial election race, to campaign for him, McAuliffe is demonstrating that he cannot be trusted to defend Virginia’s elections, a concerning development that should worry every voter in that state. “Since November 2018, Abrams has alleged repeatedly that her election was ‘stolen.’ She filed a lawsuit against Georgia’s elections officials that continues to this day, though a federal judge appointed by President Obama has thrown out the most headline-generating allegations,” he continued. “She has raised millions of dollars off of her stolen election claims and has since built a national profile based on lies about the integrity of Georgia’s elections. She has referred to Republicans as domestic enemies.” Raffensperger also poked McAuliffe, noting his earlier embrace of stolen election claims as far back as 2000. “McAuliffe is no stranger to stolen election claims either. He famously insists the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections were stolen. In 2019, McAuliffe spread conspiracy theories about voting machines being hacked by the Russians during the 2020 election,” he wrote. Raffensperger has battled with Abrams for years in the courts of public opinion and law but his OpEd Thursday escalated the feud. Related: Stacey Abrams: 2021-08-07 Stacey Abrams, Michelle Obama Push for Federal Election Takeover Legislation Stacey Abrams: 2021-07-31 Georgia Punches Back in Spirited Motion to Dismiss DOJ Election Integrity Lawsuit Stacey Abrams: 2021-07-28 Democrats: 'We're F***ed' with Election Integrity Laws in 18 States Related: Terry McAuliffe: 2021-10-23 Students at Washington and Lee University in Virginia are BANNED from passing out flyers for Republican gubernatorial Terry McAuliffe: 2021-10-20 McAuliffe received $200,000 in donations from private equity billionaire Ron Burkle - who owns a plane known as the 'fcuk jet' Terry McAuliffe: 2021-10-18 Loudoun County prosecutor who sought to jail father of girl allegedly raped at school tied to Soros, McAuliffe Related: Conspiracy theories: 2021-10-07 China Manipulating Google, Bing Search Results To Advance Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories Conspiracy theories: 2021-09-27 REVIEW: ‘Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters' Conspiracy theories: 2021-09-19 Eight Months After January 6, Prosecutors Make Aggressive Maneuvers As Defendant Attempts Suicide Related: Brad Raffensperger: 2021-08-26 Biden White House Approves Licensing Deal For Chinese Communist Party-Linked Huawei, Reversing Trump Brad Raffensperger: 2021-07-31 Georgia Punches Back in Spirited Motion to Dismiss DOJ Election Integrity Lawsuit Brad Raffensperger: 2021-07-26 Motion Filed In Georgia Court For Immediate Inspection Of Fulton County Ballots |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Both of them need to decorate a lamp post |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2021-10-26 17:50 |
| #8 Chancre... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-10-26 11:00 |
| #7 /\ Treatable, but incurable. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-10-26 10:52 |
| #6 a blistering attack on ...Stacey Abrams I suspect Boxcar transmits a lot more blisters than she gets. Treatable with antibiotics but unpleasant nonetheless. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-10-26 10:39 |
| #5 Raffi's ability to go after politicians seems rather selective. |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-10-26 10:14 |
| #4 I don't think she's withering. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-10-26 09:37 |
| #3 Raffensperger, Suckerpurge AssBurgers... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-10-26 08:08 |
| #2 So says the guy who let two elections be stolen right under his nose. |
| Posted by: Too Old To Work 2021-10-26 08:04 |
| #1 Childish schoolyard name calling. Dueling without the scent of cordite, senseless. The people of Georgia would be far better served if the feckless Raffensperger would confine his limited energy and efforts to voting matters here in Georgia. He's providing her media coverage she would get nowhere else. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-10-26 01:32 |