And then there’s Raffensperger
Raffensperger lost his Georgia primary for the governorship:
Raffensperger, who is well known for rebuking the president’s push to overturn the 2020 election, came in dead last in a field of three candidates vying for the GOP nomination for Georgia governor, earning less than 15 percent of voter support.
Trump endorsed Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who led the crowded primary with 38.78 percent of votes, while billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson gathered 32.85 percent of voter support.
Neither met the 50 percent threshold to win the party nomination outright, so the two are projected to advance to a runoff in the Republican primary for governor in the Peach State, according to Decision Desk HQ.
The articles I’ve seen about this defeat – and other primary defeats – emphasize the “Trump foe” or “Trump revenge” aspects. But Raffensperger, like the others, was defeated not because Trump dictated it and the voters follow like lemmings. It’s because of what Raffensperger himself actually did. I’m not in Georgia and yet, because I followed events there, I know I would not have voted for him no matter what Trump said or didn’t say about the race.
I’ve written about Raffensperger many, many times before. You can find those posts here. I refer you in particular to this one.
My daughter and family live outside of Athens(not greece) you are not far off.
A lot of Republicans after 2020 thought Trump was dead but it turned out he was only mostly dead and now they paying the price for choosing poorly.
Trumps demise was greatly exaggerated in many minds.He could have quit after 2020 but he didn’t.
I will never think otherwise if they would have let him win in 2020 he would be gone and barely a foot note of what might have happened.
Now they are paying that price
Geoff duncan is another who lost his way mind the democrats are still stark raving mad
As a Georgia resident who has long voted Republican, I was inundated with Rick Jackson ads starting in February. Then starting in April the flood increased when Burt Jones started advertising and both sides went negative on the other. I don’t recall seeing anything from Raffensperger until early voting started in May, and it was a trickle compared to the other two. So I think the main reason he did so poorly was that he was out-spent by a large margin.
His scandalous performance in the 2020 election as Secretary of State (responsible for election integrity) was barely covered by local media and was probably not a factor.
But people do remember…
He struck me as a slippery rascal masquerading as a man of integrity and gravitas, trying to do the right thing, as it were.
Would almost seem like the Trump team does research to see which would potentially win, then backs that candidate. Candidate would win with or without Trump’s endorsement.
Many people are simply fed up with state of affairs and want a change.
Of course, my info comes from mostly leaning right sources. As Neo has mentioned frequently, there are “normal” people with TDS who will vote against Trumps pick, no matter how bad the opponent is.
One would almost think that the accusers follow their own leaders like lemmings and can’t imagine anyone else doing anything else.
Rick Olsson wrote: “His scandalous performance in the 2020 election as Secretary of State… was barely covered by local media and was probably not a factor.”
It’s why I refused to vote for him.