But the Rove-McConnell axis was not driving the message in Georgia, despite coordinating the spending. Instead, a brash lawyer named Lin Wood, who had deeply conspiratorial views on the election, was becoming a key figure. He was prominent at rallies and on social media, railing against Biden’s win as illegal. Astonishingly, at an early December rally with Sidney Powell, he told Georgia Republicans to stay home. “They have not earned your vote,” Wood said of the two GOP senators. “Don’t you give it to them. Why would you go back and vote in another rigged election for God’s sake? Fix it!”
