After spending years pushing conspiracy theories in an attempt to style themselves as the party of “election security,” Georgia Republicans have been noticeably silent about Donald Trump actually weakening election security. This week, Trump slashed funding for key programs at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that help state and local election officials track and share information about incoming threats to election security.

Last November, Georgia election officials grappled with real election security threats including multiple bomb threats at polling places that appeared to the FBI to “originate” from Russia.  

“The president who won’t stop calling Putin a genius has no business slashing election security funding, and anyone who truly cares about election integrity should say so,” said DPG spokesman Dave Hoffman. “The silence from Republicans makes clear they don’t actually care about keeping our elections safe, free, and fair because they’re laser focused on consolidating their own power – whether voters want it or not.”

Georgia Republicans, who continue to shrug off the pain the Trump-Musk agenda is inflicting on Georgians, are unlikely to hear any dissent anytime soon. The National Republican Campaign Committee, fearful of negative public feedback about their agenda, implemented a “McCormick Rule” prohibiting their incumbents from holding town hall events after Georgia Congressman Rich McCormick’s Roswell town hall performance met with strong constituent backlash. At that event, McCormick received a hostile reception from event attendees upset about mass firings of federal workers and Republican plans to drastically cut programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.