Attorney Lin Wood isn't an official lawyer for President Donald Trump's campaign, yet he and fellow conservative lawyer Sidney Powell have been some of the most visible faces of the quixotic effort to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election—which saw Trump defeated by President-elect Joe Biden—through litigation.
Wood's efforts have largely targeted the state of Georgia, which went blue for the first time since 1992 this year. He's been a vocal critic of Georgia Republican officials, especially Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, whom Wood has falsely accused of certifying a fraudulent election, though Georgia counted its presidential ballots three times with the same result: a Biden victory.
In a move that may put Republicans' chances of maintaining Senate control at risk, Wood encouraged Georgia Republicans not to vote in the state's two crucial Senate runoffs coming up next month, saying that elections in Georgia can't be trusted.
Now, Wood is escalating his smears against Kemp and Raffensperger even further—and he's doing so with the President's apparent support.
Wood called for their imprisonment in a bizarre tweet.
President Trump @realDonaldTrump is a genuinely good man. He does not really like to fire people. I bet he dislikes putting people in jail, especially “Republicans."
He gave @BrianKempGA & @GaSecofState every chance to get it right. They refused. They will soon be going to jail. pic.twitter.com/7PMBLc8L2N
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) December 15, 2020
The President—who's frequently targeted Kemp and Raffensperger on Twitter—retweeted Wood's post, which said the two would be going to prison.
Trump retweets martial law supporter Lin Wood's claim that Georgia's governor and Secretary of State "will soon be going to jail." pic.twitter.com/wb6q8rPteN
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) December 15, 2020
With electoral votes already cast and Trump's means of litigation nearly exhausted, people noted the growing extremism surrounding the President's lies about voter fraud and the 2020 election results.
As a guy who ran for Congress, I can tell you this is EXACTLY what you want your party doing at the start of early voting. Full scale civil war. https://t.co/7qWUX8Rx7v
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) December 15, 2020
Georgia election officials made impassioned pleas for the president to tone down the rhetoric following threats of violence against election workers, including Sec. Raffensperger's family. https://t.co/wngKtiOn6q
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) December 15, 2020
Its time for the 25th Amendment.This is nuts https://t.co/9Nb8wPFg5k
— Lee Annis (@jleeannis) December 15, 2020
This is still, IMO, more Trump pandering to the suckers who keep sending him money for his "legal fight"... rather than an actual call for a coup... but at some point, violent acts in support of this deranged narrative seem inevitable. https://t.co/EmT1ISajT4
— 2020 Survivor (@MMXXsurvivor) December 15, 2020
This is the definition of a dictator. “You didn't help me cheat so I'm now sending you to the gulag." https://t.co/8l6jhgDAxR
— Kane Rick (@PaintingSurfer) December 15, 2020
Pure unfiltered insanity. The conspiracy theory worship in this country must be rooted out. Trump has caused irreparable damage to the fabric of our democracy. #TraitorTrump https://t.co/vwUjsnafXw
— Paul @ Conquer Fear (@ConquerFearBlog) December 15, 2020
Twitter users pushed back against Wood's conspiratorial ramblings.
They will not be going to jail, he has no ability to fire elected officials and he is a giant man baby that said he would leave if the EC votes for Biden which they did.
— Andrew McKay (@WildEagle) December 15, 2020
There is NO WAY THEY GO TO JAIL!
For what?
Up holding the Constitution?
Only people who go to jail are those who are close to trump.
— Jatapia1 (@Jatapia11) December 15, 2020
Threatening to jail politicians to do your biding is a disgusting illiberal sentiment that must be roundly condemned by @LindseyGrahamSC and @senatemajldr
— PGBAGE (@pgbage23) December 15, 2020
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