Graham ‘Can’t Explain’ What Makes GA Sec Of State ‘Tick’ After Claims Of Ballot Interference

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) questions former FBI Director James Comey, who was appearing remotely, at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2020 in Washington... WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) questions former FBI Director James Comey, who was appearing remotely, at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Comey was testifying in the committee's probe into the origins of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. (Photo by Ken Cedeno-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took to “Fox and Friends” Thursday morning to gripe that he “can’t explain” what makes Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger — who accused the South Carolina Republican of pressuring him to toss out legally cast ballots — “tick.”

Graham vehemently denied Raffensperger’s allegations during his “Fox and Friends” interview Thursday morning. Raffensperger, a Republican, accused Graham of demanding that he disregard all absentee ballots in counties where there was a high rate of signature-matching rejections.

“We never talked about him throwing out ballots,” Graham said. “We talked about how would you challenge a signature in Georgia.”

After co-host Brian Kilmeade reiterated that Raffensperger accused Graham of pressuring him into throwing ballots away, Graham grew more exasperated as he quipped: “I can’t explain that guy. I can’t explain what makes him tick.”

During his “Fox and Friends” interview, Graham also repeated his claim the day before that he’s unbothered about the possibility of an ethics probe in light of Raffensperger’s allegations.

On Wednesday, an ethics complaint was filed Wednesday with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics urging the panel to probe Graham’s conversations with Raffensperger. The complaint was signed by Walter Shaub, former director of the Office of Government Ethics; Claire Finkelstein, faculty director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania; and Richard Painter, who served as former President George W. Bush’s chief ethics lawyer.

After Graham doubled down on his previous complaint that he has “had it with the media” who supposedly “come after me every day” — which echoes what he told CNN the day before that he gets “accused of everything” — the South Carolina senator ripped into the ethics complaint filed against him “by some liberal group out there.”

“It’s not going to work. I’m not going to shut up,” Graham — who has egged on President Trump’s bogus claims of widespread voter fraud and has waged legal battles contesting the legitimacy of President-elect Joe Biden’s legitimate victory — said. “I’m not going to resign. I am going to fight.”

Watch Graham’s remarks below:

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  1. People are quirky, Linds, go figger 'em, right? You get the big burly biker-looking dude who collects Hummel figurines, you get the little old lady who loves anime, you get the Georgia secretaries of state who accuse you of blatant election tampering during a call monitored by other staff members, people are strange, what can you say?

  2. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took to “Fox and Friends” Thursday morning to gripe that he “can’t explain” what makes Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensberger — who accused the South Carolina Republican of pressuring him to toss out legally cast ballots — “tick.”

    What makes Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensberger “tick”? I’ll tell you, Lindsey. He still has a modicum of a conscience and morality. It’s something that you can no longer comprehend.

  3. when it comes to Trump, his family and their associates; everyone either tapes, takes notes or have two or more corroborating witnesses.

    It’s just safer that way.

  4. Perhaps Raffensburger is that rare conservative, though I’d never agree with his policies, at least isn’t firmly attached to and suckling at Trump’s man tits.

  5. That’s exactly what Aunt Pityfuck wants to get.

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