Why Trump may have Lindsey Graham to blame for Raffensperger call recording
Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his advisers were prepared for President Trump to press him on overturning the state's presidential election results during a Saturday phone call, so they decided to record the conversation, which they eventually leaked after Trump mischaracterized the exchange. But the decision was also inspired by a previous phone call Raffensperger had with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in November, Politico reports.
Raffensperger accused Graham of asking him whether he had the power to toss out all mail ballots in Georgia counties found to have higher rates of non-matching signatures, a claim the senator denied. Either way, the call apparently prompted Raffensperger to remain on high alert if he found himself in similar situations. "Lindsey Graham asked us to throw out legally cast ballots," one of Raffensperger's advisers told Politico. "So yeah, after that call, we decided maybe we should do this."
As it turns out, Graham's attempt to help Trump win the election wound up backfiring on the president down the line. Read more at Politico.
Op Ed: Leningrad Lindsey has always been a scumbag but at least in 2015 and 2016 he called Trump a racist, zenophobe and a religious bigot but suddenly Lindsey started sucking Trump's dick and lying for him. Lindsey is queerer than a three dollar bill and in South Carolina being gay will spell doom for any public figure.
Lindsey is probably a pedophile and Trump probably has proof of that. Lindsey. Being one himself, Trump is an expert on pedophiles. Lindsey Graham is not the only person Trump has blackmailed. Graham is just one of many dirty Republicans.
Lindsey Graham asked Brad Raffensperger to break the law and throw out legal votes. Trump has his hooks in Lindsey Graham deep. It looks like Trump is blackmailing Lindsey Graham.
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