ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp isn’t the only Georgia Republican taking the gloves off with Donald Trump. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is also fed up with the attacks from the former president and his allies.
A few days after Trump slammed Raffensperger at the Georgia GOP convention in Columbus to the delight of thousands of delegates, the secretary of state trekked to west Georgia to deliver his own speech.
After addressing the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce, local TV station WRBL’s Chuck Williams pressed Raffensperger about the most recent in a spate of attacks after famously denying Trump’s demand to “find” enough votes to overturn his election defeat.
Here’s what Raffensperger told the outlet:
“Well, maybe it’s time that he and I get together. Well, I would say why don’t he and I go out to the Reagan Library? We’ll have a debate. I’ll bring a copy of my letter to Congress and I’ll bring a copy of my book, ‘Integrity Counts.’ … And we’ll debate the issues point by point, because the facts on my side and he doesn’t.”
There’s no immediate word from aides to Trump, who is otherwise occupied. He’s facing a federal indictment in Miami, state charges in Manhattan and is the focus of an ongoing criminal probe in Atlanta for his attempt to reverse his 2020 loss. He contends the investigations are politically motivated.
