Trump supporters level accusations at both Loeffler, Perdue

Georgia is the last battlefield of the 2020 election, stretching the fight into January for the U. S. Senate runoffs that could determine control of the chamber.

At this stage of the campaign, much of the action could be categorized as rather hostile friendly fire among Republicans.

Skirmishes rooted in Georgia’s presidential vote count have spread to the Senate contests, with both U. S. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue taking rhetorical fire.

One of those shots was fired in the general direction of Loeffler by Washington- based lawyer Sidney Powell, a temporary member of the “elite strike force” President Donald Trump deployed to search for the widespread fraud he claims thwarted his reelection. ( To be clear, election officials say they have seen no evidence of wrongdoing on a scale large enough to make a difference in the outcome.)

Powell raised suspicions about Georgia’s special election for Loeffler’s seat, specifically the fight within the fight, a GOP showdown between Loeffler and U. S. Rep. Doug Collins. Loeffler beat back Collins’ challenge, gaining the second spot in the Jan. 5 runoff against Democrat Raphael Warnock.

Powell — who had endorsed Collins, now another member of Trump’s legal team contesting the presidential election — took her accusations to Mark Halperin on Newsmax.

“Georgia’s probably going to be the first state I’m going to blow up,” Powell said. “We don’t know who bought their election. I’m sure it crosses party lines. I’m reasonably certain ( Michigan Republican U. S. Senate candidate) John James was ripped out of his seat, and he was entitled to have won that election by the real vote, and the same thing is true for Doug Collins in Georgia.”

A day later, Powell was removed from Trump’s legal team, but another conservative lawyer, Lin Wood, then aimed a tweet at Loeffler and Perdue.

Wood, who saw a judge dismiss his attempt to halt Georgia’s certification of its election, questioned whether the two senators had done enough to back the president. He then threatened to skip the runoffs.

“Let’s speak truth about

@ SenLoeffler & @ sendavidperdue,” Wood wrote. “Why are they doing little or nothing to support efforts by GA citizens to address unlawful election & need for@ BrianKempGA to order special session of legislature? If not fixed, I will NOT vote in GA runoff. Will you?”

What Wood hoped the Legislature would do is unclear. New legislation wouldn’t change how general election votes were counted.

Of greater importance to Loeffler and Perdue is whether other conservatives are, likeWood, considering whether it’s all that important to go to the polls Jan. 5.