In a typical midnight tweet, Donald Trump threatened Georgia Republicans with a loss in the January 5 runoff — unless they meet his impossible demands:
If you don’t speak MAGA conspiracy theory English, let me translate the demands:
- “call a Special Session” refers to the idea that Gov. Kemp can call in a special session of the legislature to elect a slate of Trump electors for the Electoral College.
- ”open up signature verification” is the idea of comparing signatures on mailed-in ballots with the signatures in the voter registration file to prove that these mailed-in ballots are faked.
Unfortunately, none of these things is possible. Georgia state law makes it absolutely clear that electors are chosen in the general election, the legislature just cannot elect other people. Ballots are, of course, not signed by the voter — that’s the entire idea of a secret ballot.
That brings us to the second part of the tweet, the threat. Like a mafia boss in a bad movie, Trump tries the “would be a shame if something happened to your Senators” gambit. We all know that Trump is often all bark, no bite, but he is also prone to rage. Maybe Georgia Republicans are now contemplating whether four years of total obedience to Trump was such a good idea — but now it’s too late for them. They are in the worst position possible — they are at Trump’s mercy.
Let’s throw terrible Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue another anchor. If you can, please chip in a few bucks for Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock and some of their key allies in Georgia via ActBlue!
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