Donald Trump was “stunned” that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger handily won his GOP primary last week despite the former president’s best efforts to drive him out of office, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

The secretary of state is scheduled to testify later this week before a special grand jury investigating Trump’s interference in Georgia’s election results.

Playbook: “Trump is like a standup comedian. He uses rallies, especially in the offseason, to work on material. He tests the reaction among his diehard fans and watches the mainstream media’s coverage. He then rewrites the lines, calibrating them for maximum effect inside the arena and minimal blowback outside of it. You can tell he believes he’s onto something with his mocking of trans people.”

“There is a cynical strategy at work here. Targeting marginalized groups for ridicule forces more responsible actors to stand up for them. As Democrats have learned, Trump’s goal is to get them to spend their time outraged and defending the targets of his attacks rather than talking about their own message.”

“This dynamic creates a built-in political advantage to any party that no longer sees it as taboo to scapegoat certain groups. Trump, of course, knows this and he has found a new target for 2022 — and perhaps beyond.”

Ohio U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance (R) told Crisis magazine that pornography should be banned because it’s stopping Americans from getting married and starting families.

Said Vance: “I think the combination of porn, abortion have basically created a lonely, isolated generation that isn’t getting married, they’re not having families, and they’re actually not even totally sure how to interact with each other.”

“Wyoming, all of America is counting on you. So important. We all know how great of a state you are, how beautiful you are. But you’ve become, politically speaking, you’re at the top of the list. We have a lot of elections coming up… I think this is the most important election that we have, right here.”

— Donald Trump, quoted by the Casper Star Tribune, at a rally for Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) primary challenger, Harriet Hageman (R).