
Fact check: Trump-backed candidate for Georgia elections chief begins campaign with false claims about 2020 election
CNN
Rep. Jody Hice, a Republican, announced last week that he is running for Georgia secretary of state, the state's top elections job. His 2022 campaign was immediately endorsed by former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly launched dishonest attacks against the Republican currently in the post, Brad Raffensperger.
And then Hice went on television and made a series of false claims about the 2020 election. This was not new behavior. Since November, Hice has been a vocal and frequent purveyor of inaccurate election claims -- baselessly saying or insinuating that the results were tainted by mass fraud and that Joe Biden did not legitimately beat Trump in Georgia.More Related News