In case you missed it, POLITICO this week reported on how Rick Jackson is embracing election conspiracy theories on the campaign trail as he faces off against Fake Elector Burt Jones. As Politico notes, Jackson has been “adamant” on the trail that the 2020 election was stolen – in just the latest sign that “the 2020 election is still relevant” in Georgia’s GOP Republican primary.
Politico’s Morning Score: 3 things we learned on the ground in Georgia
Key Excerpts:
- “The 2020 election is still relevant. And not just because Trump’s FBI raided Fulton County’s election warehouse back in January. Interviews with nearly two dozen voters across the state reveal that candidates’ stances on whether the 2020 election was stolen is influencing their decision.”
- “Your host attended three separate events with the top GOP gubernatorial contenders – and questions about the 2020 election came up at each stop.”
- “At the event in Homer, Jackson was pressed during a question-and-answer session about whether he thought the 2020 election had been stolen from Trump in Georgia.”
- “He was adamant that it had been: ‘That was totally ridiculous what happened in 2020 and our people really let us down.’”
- “He and Jones, along with some of the most conservative factions of the party, still believe there were irregularities in the state’s 2020 count despite recounts and litigation proving otherwise.”
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