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I just want to find 11,780 votes: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favorBy Amy Gardner
Jan. 3, 2021 at 12:59 p.m. EST
President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to find enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions.
The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims, at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking a big risk.
Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his offices general counsel rejected his assertions, explaining that Trump is relying on debunked conspiracy theories and that President-elect Joe Bidens 12,779-vote victory in Georgia was fair and accurate.
Trump dismissed their arguments.
The people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry, he said. And theres nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that youve recalculated.
Raffensperger responded: Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong.
At another point, Trump said: So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-just-want-to-find-11-780-votes-in-extraordinary-hour-long-call-trump-pressures-georgia-secretary-of-state-to-recalculate-the-vote-in-his-favor/ar-BB1cqNSk?ocid=uxbndlbing
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)"find" votes that don't exist. That's illegal.
tanyev
(42,598 posts)Because 11,780 still doesnt overcome Bidens 12,779 victory. Effing mental midget.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)and now I can't stop
tanyev
(42,598 posts)I see now that the MSN story is saying its an 11,779 margin. I dont know which one is right.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214796869
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)He's so incompetent, he can't even cheat effectively. What a loser!
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)would have tried to arrest him by now. Glad hes a trumper.
catbyte
(34,425 posts)Unless he's honked off that Biden won as many EC votes as he did in 2016 and he can't have that.
What am I saying? I'm trying to apply logic to an unstable, malignant narcissist dictator wannabe.
Never mind.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)NT
catbyte
(34,425 posts)That's enough to give Biden the presidency right there.
2naSalit
(86,764 posts)That's probably it.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)simply unfathomable
Just brain exploding and soul shattering.
Boomerproud
(7,963 posts)Stuart G
(38,439 posts)underpants
(182,866 posts)David__77
(23,468 posts)Such generalizations. The mythical they.
Midnight Writer
(21,786 posts)Oh, right, Perdue is hiding out again.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)Claims there's all sorts of fraud that hasn't been proven, and then turns around and wants someone to commit fraud like this for him.
superpatriotman
(6,252 posts)Almost as if it was promised to him?.......
2naSalit
(86,764 posts)2naSalit
(86,764 posts)About this. She'll say exactly the right thing.