Previous thread on topic here with several stories about George Sterling, Georgia's voting systems manager and a Republican, being exasperated by this

Trump and the GOP try to put the monster they created back in the cage

analysis by Aaron Blake @ WashingtonPost.com, Dec. 4

Republicans are in damage-control mode in the Georgia runoffs, launching a nascent effort to delegitimize Trump-aligned lawyers who have led calls for a potential GOP boycott of the January races.

L. Lin Wood has been suggesting such a boycott for more than a week, saying it’s necessary to force GOP elected officials in Georgia to act on trying to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the state. And in recent days, Wood has been joined in that effort by Sidney Powell, who until recently was a prominent member of President Trump’s legal team. Stories have begun cropping up in conservative media about Wood’s past donations to and support for Democrats. Some GOP officials have joined in suggestions that he’s some kind of sleeper agent seeking to hurt the Republican Party. They’ve begun distancing themselves from Powell, too, despite her having been on Trump’s legal team less than two weeks ago.

There are two main problems with this.

One is that some top GOP figures — including Trump — have in the past and very recently promoted Wood’s and Powell’s work. The other is that Trump continues to send very mixed messages about whether Republicans should or will turn out to vote.

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, for example, Thursday called Wood and Powell “totally destructive” because of their boycott suggestions. Just four days earlier, though, he had retweeted Wood’s call to order a special session of the Georgia legislature. (This, notably, came after Wood was already suggesting a boycott.)

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Gingrich has also promoted Powell in the past, including her 2017 book and her recent representation of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham hit back at the effort by Trump’s lawyers Thursday night, saying, “You almost don’t deserve to win if you’re that stupid, I’m sorry.” Ingraham has featured Powell on her show in recent weeks, telling her she is “a really top lawyer” and played up Wood’s efforts on behalf of Nicholas Sandmann, who sued The Washington Post for defamation. Ditto Fox News host Sean Hannity, who in the summer labeled Wood “one of the best” for his work in the Sandmann case.

Powell’s involvement in the boycott effort might be even more troubling for the GOP, given that, until recently, she was a member of Trump’s own legal team. And while Republicans are distancing themselves from Wood and now Powell, Trump has played up their efforts until very recently. In mid-November, in fact, Trump even promoted a tweet that described Wood as having “joined Trump’s election team.” (Wood has not otherwise been identified as Trump’s lawyer.) 

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And there is a real question about just how much Trump disagrees with what they are doing. Facing pressure, Trump has tweeted multiple times about the importance of reelecting Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.). But interspersed in that have been messages that aligned with what Wood and Powell are doing. Trump has now repeatedly promoted the idea that it’s not worth it to elect Republicans if they don’t stand sufficiently with him.

The first time came Monday, when Trump retweeted a user who said “why bother” electing Republicans if they might turn out to be like Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R), both of whom Trump has attacked for certifying Biden’s win in their states.

The second came Friday morning [....]

Bill Kristol has a

hey Newt:

they don't but should also mention that her inauthentic 'Walmart shopper" costume here ( precisely steamed & pressed, yet, like the Duchess of Windsor would demand) should be seen as no less (or no more as the case may be) offensive than a Pocahontas costume, it's like what they would choose to signify "working class redneck babe" for a SNL skit:

do have to say: some dykes might like it, tho