Oh Newtie. You just can’t help yourself, can you?
Does he know what he’s saying? Or does he just think it doesn’t matter anymore?
I think it’s the latter. Republicans are just letting their freak flags fly now. No need for dogwhistles or reading between the lines. It’s all pure partisan power.
Here’s Raffensperger responding to a Georgia official:
They were fine with it when it was Republicans who mostly took advantage of absentee voting. Now that Democrats decided to do it too (rather than stand in line for the usual 12 hours to vote — in the middle of a deadly pandemic) they don’t like it so much.
Raffensperger doesn’t like being told he did a bad job so he’s defending the idea that the election was run fairly under the rules and you can’t change them after the fact.
But nobody should get the idea that he’s off the team:
“…unchecked liberal, socialist agenda to federalize elections, pack SCOTUS and raise taxes.” Get outta here …
I don’t think that’s going to get him back in the good graces of the Trumpies and it’s pathetic that he’s even trying. They are sending “sexualized” threats to his wife and threatening to kill him. And yet he still wants to be a member of their team.
This whole thing has certainly clarified who the Very Fine People on their side really are. Some of them aren’t carrying torches and shouting “Jews will not replace us.” But they’re still walking beside them.