Georgia One Political Rhino

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A rhino must focus. It has no choice because of its horn. It cannot chase things on the left, right, behind and around it. The horn is aimed at what is in front of it, fortunately it’s not me. It cannot put all its eggs in one basket. It does not need to satisfy different agendas because it is not running for U.S. president.

Donald Trump is a rhino (although nature rhinos will reject him). He had a dream. One day I’ll be the U.S. President. It came to pass and time passed, so there was the 2020 presidential election. He ran, he lost, another man became President. He still doesn’t want to accept it because he is a rhino, his focus is on one thing, the Oval Office.

Not Brad Raffensperger. That’s a long name. Who’s he? The Georgia Secretary of State whose primary job is elections in that state. Now that’s a rhino. He knows what he wants now and somewhere down the road. That’s why he leaked the 11,780 votes. Back flip to the 2020 election. Thanks to Stacey Abrams, the Fair Fight Coalition and other groups rooting for Democrats, things did not look good for Trump. What does he do? He calls Brad Raffensperger and tells him to find the 11,780 votes to make him win against Joe Biden. You must be kidding? I do not. Raffensperger sent it abroad, via the internet. I wouldn’t have believed it, if I did not open it. I heard it with my two ears, as they say where I was born.

Why did he leak it? Surely, Donald Trump thought it was a Republican brother to another Republican brother moment. Not Brad Raffensperger. He is a rhino. Focus is his third name. He smelt a rat and did not want to be part of funky history, so he sent the 11,780 votes abroad, for the whole world to hear.

Did he know that one day there will be a Trump indictment in Georgia? No, he didn’t. What he knew was his focus. Elections in Georgia. That is his rhino, that the Republican Party rules that state till men get pregnant, give birth and nurse babies.

Nonqaba waka Msimang

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