Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday denied an allegation that he and other Republicans have pressured Georgia's top election official to toss out legal absentee ballots in a bid to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's slim win in the Peach State.
"That's ridiculous," the South Carolina lawmaker told reporters on Capitol Hill about the claim from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is also a Republican. "What I'm trying to find out was, how do you verify signatures on mail-in ballots in these states that are just the center of attention?"
Raffensperger told The Washington Post that apart from Graham's inquiry into Georgia's signature-matching process, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman and Trump confidant also asked whether Raffensperger had the ability to invalidate all mail-in ballots in counties that have higher rates of nonmatching signatures.
Raffensperger told the outlet that he was stunned and it "sure looked like" Graham "was wanting to" toss out ballots that were legally cast. Only a court possesses the authority to do so, Raffensperger added.
Graham denied that he ever made such a request and questioned the newspaper's reporting, despite Raffensperger's interview being on the record.
"I don't trust The Washington Post on anything," Graham responded when pressed by Newsweek about Raffensperger's remarks. "He needs to call me, tell me that. Until he calls me and tells me that, I'm not going to believe a word. I had a very pleasant conversation with him. I actually enjoyed talking with him."
Is there any level that Trump Humpers won't stoop to?
Lindsey Graham has been reduced to a Trump flunky, how long has this guy been in the Congress? I have never heard any right wingers bitch and moan about how long he has been in Washington doing nothing.
"That's ridiculous," the South Carolina lawmaker told reporters on Capitol Hill about the claim from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is also a Republican. "What I'm trying to find out was, how do you verify signatures on mail-in ballots in these states that are just the center of attention?"
Raffensperger told The Washington Post that apart from Graham's inquiry into Georgia's signature-matching process, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman and Trump confidant also asked whether Raffensperger had the ability to invalidate all mail-in ballots in counties that have higher rates of nonmatching signatures.
Raffensperger told the outlet that he was stunned and it "sure looked like" Graham "was wanting to" toss out ballots that were legally cast. Only a court possesses the authority to do so, Raffensperger added.
Graham denied that he ever made such a request and questioned the newspaper's reporting, despite Raffensperger's interview being on the record.
"I don't trust The Washington Post on anything," Graham responded when pressed by Newsweek about Raffensperger's remarks. "He needs to call me, tell me that. Until he calls me and tells me that, I'm not going to believe a word. I had a very pleasant conversation with him. I actually enjoyed talking with him."
Is there any level that Trump Humpers won't stoop to?
Lindsey Graham has been reduced to a Trump flunky, how long has this guy been in the Congress? I have never heard any right wingers bitch and moan about how long he has been in Washington doing nothing.