Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on behalf of his state, is suing battleground states Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin to challenge the unconstitutional creation of their mail-in ballots used in the Nov. 3rd presidential election. Seventeen states have already joined Texas in alignment with the lawsuit – and it puts Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr in the hot seat. President Donald Trump and Georgia’s two U.S. senators are upset and disagree with Carr. They support the Texas position.
The suit alleges that because these four states conducted elections that violated their own laws, they tainted the integrity of the vote, something that damaged not only their own citizens but also the citizens in other states. A host of prominent lawyers of various political stripes say this is an intelligent, powerful case. A spokeswoman for Georgia’s attorney general, however, declares: “With all due respect, the Texas attorney general is constitutionally, legally and factually wrong about Georgia.”
The president remains immensely popular with the Republican voter base in Georgia. So Carr, should he decide to run in 2022, would naturally face a backlash. Sources say that Carr had an unpleasant phone conversation with the president over the case, creating instant speculation that a Trump-backed Republican could well be found to run against the incumbent in a GOP primary.
For that matter, Trump is certainly no fan of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and Gov. Brian Kemp – especially because they have not rallied to the side of Texas in what is the last big constitutional argument the president has in hopes of derailing a Joe Biden presidency.
It is highly conceivable all these incumbents could face 2022 Trump anointed and funded GOP challengers in a primary who would seek to knock them out should they decide to run again. Remaining steadfastly loyal to Trump – and facing stiff Democratic opposition in a Jan. 5th runoff– are GOP U.S. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
