Brian Kemp's Running Mate Is a Fake Elector

[brooklynite]

The Bulwark

Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp gets a lot of credit for resisting pressure from former President Donald Trump to “find the votes” to flip the 2020 election results in his state. But that was then. Today, Kemp stands shoulder-to-shoulder with one of the state’s top election deniers. That man is his running mate, the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor, Burt Jones.

Jones signed on as a false elector in the scheme to squeeze former Vice President Mike Pence to reject electoral votes on January 6th. Because of this, he is now a target of the Fulton County district attorney’s criminal investigation into Trump’s broader efforts to interfere in the 2020 election.

Should he win, Jones will claim a major prize—he would serve as “president of the Senate” in Georgia—a plum position for someone seeking to do election-flipping, should the opportunity present itself in 2024. As president of the state Senate, Jones could guide the Georgia legislature in appointing its own electors, irrespective of the vote count, as many Trump-aligned activists hope that Republican state legislatures will do in the future.

A Jones victory would represent an evolution in Georgia’s Republican leadership. The current lieutenant governor, Republican Geoff Duncan, spoke out aggressively against Trump’s election lies in 2020 and stripped Jones of his committee chairmanship due to Jones’s outlandish efforts to overturn the election results. But Duncan decided not to seek a second term.

[2naSalit]

1. K&R

[Delphinus]

2. This should

be front page news all over Georgia.

[Meadowoak]

3. RonJon from Wisconsin too. He also has a fake elector on his payroll.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Georgians will have a clear choice in November -- democracy or fascism.

[childfreebychoice]

5. So far, polling says they are choosing fascism...hope polls r wrong. Nt

[uponit7771]

6. K&R,

[GarySeven]

7. Not sure I would call Jones a "running mate"

Things work differently in Georgia; the office of governor and lieutenant governor aren't really connected and not always occupied by members of the same party. When Jimmy Carter was governor, Lester Maddox was lieutenant governor. Sheesh.

But, Jones is an embarrassment, and not just for being an insurrectionist.

[Heather MC]

8. Remember when we all Naively thought the tea party was the low for the republicans

🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now we just eat popcorn and watch from a safe distance 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾