ATLANTA — State Sen. Burt Jones' role on a phony slate of GOP electors in Georgia, designed to help Donald Trump's failed effort to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election, is drawing increased scrutiny as the Republican vies to become the state's next lieutenant governor.
His Democratic opponent, attorney Charlie Bailey, has zeroed in on Jones' inclusion on the GOP slate of electors, invoking investigations by the FBI and Fulton County in campaign speeches and fundraising emails. Some Republican strategists worry the issue could damage the rest of the GOP ticket.
In Bailey's victory speech the night he won the Democratic primary runoff last month, Bailey said Jones, who is endorsed by Trump, was "not a patriot and not a true American."
