Last week, Perdue tacitly acknowledged that Trump has lost the 2020 election in a private video recording obtained by The Post of the Senator’s meeting with the Republican Jewish coalition. Since then, even Republican legislators who have demanded more detailed examinations of fraud have encouraged people to vote. But even Ligon said he wasn’t encouraging Republicans to sit out the pivotal election. “Whether there’ll be fraud in this election on January 5, well I hope not, but you’ve got to try,” he said, shortly after Pence’s plane departed. For now, he’s putting away his election fraud counterarguments, even though he opined that some Georgia Republicans will vote on Jan. 5 while wearing “Stop the Steal” shirts.

Source: Washington Post December 12, 2020 11:01 UTC