Schism In GOP Distracts From Runoff, Administration In Transition
Wednesday on Political Rewind: The schism between Georgia Republicans intensifies. State party chairman David Shafer is suing Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a last-ditch effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory here. Meanwhile, Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler endorsed a lawsuit from the Texas Attorney General calling for a delay to the certification of Georgia's presidential electors. And on Twitter, President Donald Trump leveled insults at Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan after the Alpharetta native acknowledged Biden will be the next president. As all this unfolded, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News that blame for the Georgia Republican infighting belongs to Gov. Brian Kemp, because, Sen. Graham said, the governor refuses to nullify the November vote. Our panel included Greg Bluestein, politics reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Dr. Audrey Haynes, professor of political science at University of Georgia.