The Trump campaign paid more than $2.7 million to individuals and firms that organized the Jan. 6 rally that led to violent rioters storming the U.S. Capitol, according to the Center for Responsive Politics https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-22/trump-campaign-paid-organizers-of-pre-riot-rally-2-7-million… via @bpolitics

— Jane Mayer@JaneMayerNYer

Witness corroborates claim that Lindsey Graham asked about tossing ballots in Georgia

A staffer for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Tuesday that he participated in a controversial phone call with Sen. Lindsey Graham and said he heard Graham ask if state officials could throw out ballots.

www.cnn.com|By Melissa Macaya and Meg Wagner, CNN

The comments from the staffer, election implementation manager Gabriel Sterling, corroborate Raffensperger recent claims about the phone call with Graham, who is one of President Donald Trump’s most outspoken allies.

Earlier this week, Raffensperger accused Graham of asking him to “look hard and see how many ballots you could throw out,” referring to absentee ballots that skewed heavily in favor of President-elect Joe Biden. Graham denied the claim, saying that it was “ridiculous” that he tried to pressure Raffensperger to throw out legally cast ballots.

“The President is going to continue to fight, his supporters continue to fight,” Sterling said. “Our job is to continue to follow the law, and we were answering process questions… that’s what we were doing on the call.”

1. “It’s a hoax”
2. “We’re rounding the corner”
3. “It’s going away”
4. “Open up businesses”
5. “Rise up” against COVID-19 restrictions
6. "Give me liberty, or give me death!".  No masks. No social distancing. 

The hardest-hit states, based on trailing one-week new cases per capita, are now North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wisconsin and Utah, according to the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University. Hospitalizations are also on the rise in all five, Covid Tracking Project data show.

Trump’s legal team gave thousands in contributions to Republican senators ahead of impeachment trial.... thousands to Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, and Ted Cruz 

— Salon

This is what the wrong side of history looks like. #ImpeachmentTrialSham

— Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel

Graham: We should have kicked Trump out of the party

"He took our problems in 2012 with Hispanics and made them far worse by espousing forced deportation."

www.politico.com

“The more you know about Donald Trump, the less likely you are to vote for him. The more you know about his business enterprises, the less successful he looks. The more you know about his political giving, the less Republican he looks,”

“This is not about who we nominate anymore as Republicans as much as it’s who we are. This is a fight for the heart and soul of the Republican Party.”  

Here we see @LindseyGrahamSC turning his back on one of my fellow #MarinesAgainstTrump. 

At least he’s entering the proper room. #LindseyGrahamIsACoward

—  JΛKΣ @USMCLiberal

Hey Republicans, do you think this guy gives a shit about your children and grandchildren? #IMPOTUS

— Jon Cooper @joncoopertweets

Replying to @SenatorCollins

Protect our Constitution! #CountryOverParty

— Climate Concerned@ClimateThoughts