or years, Americans were told to stop asking questions. In Georgia, as in much of the country, anyone who raised concerns about the 2020 election was mocked, dismissed, or accused of undermining democracy itself. Legitimate questions were treated as heresy. Skepticism was labeled extremism. And accountability was replaced with gaslighting. At the center of that effort in Georgia was Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. He repeatedly assured voters there were no problems — no violations, no misconduct, nothing to see — publicly stating there was “no sign of widespread fraud” during Georgia’s election process, refuting claims of irregularities in a letter to Congress, and again asserting that officials had not found systemic fraud. Raffensperger went further, insisting that questioning the election process itself was dangerous. He accused politicians of “giving false hope” and “ginning up anger over unsubstantiated allegations of systemic voter fraud,” as The Hill described his comments. He went so far as to call such questioning “emotional abuse.” He repeatedly insisted there was “no basis” for concerns — a narrative that has since collapsed. The Narrative That Couldn’t Withstand
