Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) is firing back at former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) after she called for an investigation into him.
During an appearance on Fox News on Thursday, Raffensperger was asked about his plans as it appears the Republican Party āmight be pushingā him āto the sideā after he pushed back on former President Donald Trumpās baseless allegations of widespread fraud in the presidential election.
āMany people support what I have done, when I talk to people throughout the state⦠there were still some hard feelings from some of the people, but many of the people understood that we did everything right ā they didnāt like the results, but neither did I,ā Raffenserger responded as he said he plans to run for reelection in 2022.
When asked if he would support Loeffler if she won the partyās nomination for senator, he said, āI donāt believe thatās going to happen. I think that what the base wants is someone thatās a true blue Trump supporter, and sheās a fake Trumper.ā
āThatās such a wild hypothetical. Letās talk about it if it happens,ā he added.
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Loeffler, a strong supporter of Trump, lost her election bid to Raphael Warnock (D) in January.
Earlier this week, Loeffler asked the Georgia state attorney general to investigate Raffensperger as she claimed he āput his political self-interest ahead of the people of Georgia in conducting elections, and whether these actions constitute a conflict of interest in violation of the Georgia Constitution and/or statutes.ā
She also asserted that he made āunprecedented changes to elections in his constitutional duty to conduct elections.ā
Raffensperger was heavily criticized by Trump after he shot down the former presidentās claims that there was widespread fraud that tilted the results of the election in the state in President Joe Bidenās favor.
