Republicans Pressure Georgia Official to Discard Ballots

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) said that he has come under increasing pressure from fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), to question the validity of legally cast absentee ballots in an effort to reverse President Trump’s narrow loss in the state, the Washington Post reports.

The atmosphere has grown so contentious, Raffensperger said, that both he and his wife have received death threats, including a text to him that read: “You better not botch this recount. Your life depends on it.”

The normally mild-mannered Raffensperger saved his harshest language for Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), who is leading the president’s effort to prove fraud in Georgia and whom Raffensperger called a “liar” and a “charlatan.”