Reader responds to recent letter in SDN
To the editor:
Normally I am not vocal about politics because I learned that those willing to talk about their political beliefs were usually not open to other views. On January 15 this paper published a letter by Matt Clayton which contained truths about our indifference and laziness in getting involved in political matters, however his basic premise that the election was stolen is false, and it was an attack on our democracy and specifically on the judiciary.
As a judge for 18 years who ran as an independent in 2002, I spent a large part of my life making decisions that affected the lives of many people. I was careful to base every decision on findings of facts and conclusions of law. If I was wrong the aggrieved party could appeal to a higher court.
President Donald Trump has claimed that the brother of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is working for China - despite the fact that the Republican politician does not have a brother.
The president s claim came during a bizarre late night twitter rant in which he called the Secretary of State and Georgia s Governor Brian Kemp a complete disaster for not supporting the Trump administration s efforts to overturn the election result. I love the Great State of Georgia, but the people who run it, from the Governor, @BrianKempGA, to the Secretary of State, are a complete disaster and don t have a clue, or worse. Nobody can be this stupid. Just allow us to find the crime, and turn the state Republican. the president tweeted.
Trump asked if Michigan s secretary of state broke the law
Revived voting machine conspiracy theory
He retweeted post saying top Georgia GOP officials will be going to jail
Attacks came after the Electoral College met to make Biden win official
Trump raged at Fox when the network called Arizona for Biden on election night
The move undermined his plan to declare victory
Trump continues to rant about GOP governors of Georgia and Arizona
Says people at the highest levels of network seeking to repair breach
Trump has repeatedly promoted OAN and Newsmax as they tout conspiracy
Wants payback and fumes about individual anchors
Forget Trump and think of the GOP: Mitch McConnell pleads with his Senators not to force public vote challenging Biden s Electoral College victory because it would split the party and fail
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged Republicans not to challenge the electors votes when Congress moves to certify the election for Joe Biden
He said it was a terrible vote because Republicans would ultimately have to vote it down and it would appear like an anti-Trump move
Alabama Representative Mo Brooks said he will formally challenge the Electoral College votes during congressional election certification on January 6
He insisted Tuesday that if all legal votes were counted and all illegal votes were thrown out, Trump would emerge as the real Electoral College winner