Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, sources tell CNN.

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    1 year ago

    Classic Republican playbook, start shit and then project it on the enemy to make them look bad

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      1 year ago

      It’s actually an old fascist trick.

      It’s really effective too. You always know the horrible things you’re doing before anyone else. So you can always beat the opposition to the accusation.

      “You did X!”

      “No I didn’t, why would you even think that?”

      Months (or years) later when there’s an investigation…

      “Hey wait, you actually did X!”

      “You’re obviously making it up, everyone knows it’s what you did. People have been talking about you doing it for years!”