Sen. Lindsey Graham claimed that he was doing his job when he pressured Georgia election officers to overturn the 2020 outcomes, and he stated on Friday that he would do it once more.
Graham informed reporters, “I referred to as round completely different states, together with Georgia, as a sitting United States senator, chairman of the judiciary committee. I finally licensed the election in all states together with Georgia. I didn’t discover any proof of mass voter fraud, however I did have issues in regards to the mail-in poll methods in Georgia and different locations. That is troubling for the nation. We are able to’t criminalize senators doing their job after they have a constitutional requirement to meet. It will be irresponsible for me in my view, as chairman of the committee, to not attempt to discover out what occurred.”
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It was the second a part of Graham’s feedback, not within the video above, that have been troubling:
GRAHAM: “However one factor I would like individuals to know, I’m standing with President Trump. I’m proudly supporting him. He generally is a handful at instances however I believed he was a superb president. And I am not gonna be deterred campaigning for him and dealing with him.”
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) September 8, 2023
Here’s what Graham reportedly did, and it was much more than doing his job as a sitting senator:
Of their dialog, Graham questioned Raffensperger in regards to the state’s signature-matching regulation and whether or not political bias might have prompted ballot employees to simply accept ballots with nonmatching signatures, based on Raffensperger. Graham additionally requested whether or not Raffensperger had the facility to toss all mail ballots in counties discovered to have greater charges of nonmatching signatures, Raffensperger stated.
Raffspenger stated he was surprised that Graham appeared to counsel that he discover a solution to toss legally forged ballots. Absent court docket intervention, Raffensperger doesn’t have the facility to do what Graham prompt, as counties administer elections in Georgia.
Sen. Graham was possible not indicted in Georgia as a result of prosecutors didn’t have sufficient proof to show that Graham wasn’t performing in his official capability as a US senator, and a protected authorized combat with Graham over whether or not he was performing as a member of the Trump marketing campaign or a senator could be expensive, time-consuming, and will delay the authorized course of.
America has been warned. Trump and his co-conspirators tried to overthrow the election in 2020, and Lindsey Graham appeared to be suggesting that they may do it once more in 2024.
