As the nation observed the one-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, it was striking to see how the former president and his backers can’t stop talking about Trump’s never-ending false claims of 2020 election fraud.
“This was, indeed, the crime of the century,” Trump said this week, still pushing his repeatedly debunked claim that widespread election fraud cost him the election in Georgia and other states.
Not only is Trump still laser-focused on what Democrats call “The Big Lie,” Georgia remains ground zero for that fight.
Earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Greensboro, who is trying to defeat Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, again made clear that Trump’s debunked claims are central to his campaign.
“For over a YEAR, Georgians begged Brad Raffensperger to investigate the 2020 election,” Hice tweeted on Tuesday, continuing to make the insinuation that Raffensperger — a fellow Republican — was somehow doing the dirty work of Democrats against Trump in 2020.
In the immediate aftermath of Election Day in 2020, many Georgia Republicans eagerly threw Raffensperger under the bus, demanding his resignation when he wouldn’t use his office to scrutinize Trump’s defeat in Georgia.
Unable to let go of his loss, Trump has helped make the 2020 elections a central issue in the Georgia GOP primary race for governor, as David Perdue carries the torch for Trump’s grudge against Gov. Brian Kemp.
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