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steve2470

(37,468 posts)
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 08:08 PM Dec 2023

Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote

Source: Detroit News

Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed by The Detroit News and revealed publicly for the first time.

On a Nov. 17, 2020, phone call, which also involved Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Trump told Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the two GOP Wayne County canvassers, they'd look "terrible" if they signed the documents after they first voted in opposition and then later in the same meeting voted to approve certification of the county’s election results, according to the recordings.

"We've got to fight for our country," said Trump on the recordings, made by a person who was present for the call with Palmer and Hartmann. "We can't let these people take our country away from us."

McDaniel, a Michigan native and the leader of the Republican Party nationally, said at another point in the call, "If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. ... We will get you attorneys."

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/21/donald-trump-recorded-pressuring-wayne-canvassers-not-to-certify-2020-vote-michigan/72004514007/



Michigan prosecutors and Jack Smith, you seeing this ?
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Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote (Original Post) steve2470 Dec 2023 OP
Lock him up. Kingofalldems Dec 2023 #1
Plus CoRonna McDaniel peppertree Dec 2023 #12
Why hasn't the recording been released? OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #2
Lock up the orange traitor. onecaliberal Dec 2023 #3
"We will get you attorneys."... Oh, yeah! Trust Trump's word. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #4
Guess that connects the kingpin to the conspiracy. Kid Berwyn Dec 2023 #5
How smokey of a gun is needed here? PTL_Mancuso Dec 2023 #29
Another day dweller Dec 2023 #6
Sounds like Trump had an accomplice BaronChocula Dec 2023 #7
How many . . . AverageOldGuy Dec 2023 #8
PROOF to why he wants bluestarone Dec 2023 #9
Lock him up. Projest 2025 has 35,000 lawyers lined up and 20,000 fed employees tested for Loyalty to take over. This Evolve Dammit Dec 2023 #10
Does the SC know about project 2025? bluestarone Dec 2023 #13
Shit, Clarence Thomas & Wifey (Ginny the Traitor) Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #14
Do you think they care? ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #23
Well, just hope they are smart enough to know their very existence in jeopardy! bluestarone Dec 2023 #25
Who the hell knows? Probably not. In which case, they are far from "Supreme" and more like low-information voters Evolve Dammit Dec 2023 #39
I remember there were hints of this back then but why is this call coming out now? LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #11
Detroit News just published this story yesterday FakeNoose Dec 2023 #26
for sure-- especially if this helps convict the mofo LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #38
That he still lives freely UpInArms Dec 2023 #15
That people still support him Mz Pip Dec 2023 #20
Ronna Romney McDaniel is an accomplice tinrobot Dec 2023 #16
The cult don't care liberal N proud Dec 2023 #17
Just an FYI mercuryblues Dec 2023 #18
I'd recheck that date if I were you ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #24
Thanks. I fixed it. mercuryblues Dec 2023 #27
Kick dalton99a Dec 2023 #19
Thanks for the Large Print Edition! PTL_Mancuso Dec 2023 #30
Repukes conspire to commit election fraud while screeching about voter fraud. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #21
The Three Main "Musts" of Effective Repugnicanism. . . PTL_Mancuso Dec 2023 #31
I wanna know why she hasn't been charged yet. Also? Novara Dec 2023 #22
Really? NowISeetheLight Dec 2023 #28
Free speech, blanket immunity...enough for unlimited delays Freethinker65 Dec 2023 #32
Why is this coming out now? NewJeffCT Dec 2023 #33
One of the repub DownriverDem Dec 2023 #34
Who knows what else will be dug up Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2023 #35
I just learned you can record your conversation BigmanPigman Dec 2023 #36
Yes it is true Trump was busted committing ANOTHER CRIME! donte Dec 2023 #37

peppertree

(22,850 posts)
12. Plus CoRonna McDaniel
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 09:48 PM
Dec 2023

Last edited Thu Dec 21, 2023, 10:35 PM - Edit history (1)

I doubt Uncle Mitt would move a finger for her if Smith did.

OAITW r.2.0

(30,484 posts)
2. Why hasn't the recording been released?
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 08:14 PM
Dec 2023

This was an organized attempt to overthrown an election where 8MM more people voted for Biden.

Kid Berwyn

(21,386 posts)
5. Guess that connects the kingpin to the conspiracy.
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 08:41 PM
Dec 2023

Treason, directed by, and at the behest of, Donald John Trump.

Lordy, there are tapes.

 

PTL_Mancuso

(276 posts)
29. How smokey of a gun is needed here?
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 03:08 PM
Dec 2023

The fat turd just continues to skate and the media keeps treating his crimes as normal Presidentin' . This is Sooooo f|_|[ked up!

dweller

(26,855 posts)
6. Another day
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 08:52 PM
Dec 2023

Another insurrectiony fact … what will it take to lock this traitor up ?


✌🏻

AverageOldGuy

(2,756 posts)
8. How many . . .
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 09:32 PM
Dec 2023

. . . Republican electors -- both real and phony -- did Trump call?

Goddam, but this thing gets deeper and deeper by the day.

bluestarone

(19,964 posts)
9. PROOF to why he wants
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 09:34 PM
Dec 2023

Immunity!!! He's dead meat and he KNOWS it! Way past time for this russian terrorist to be in PRISON.

Evolve Dammit

(21,034 posts)
10. Lock him up. Projest 2025 has 35,000 lawyers lined up and 20,000 fed employees tested for Loyalty to take over. This
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 09:36 PM
Dec 2023

ain't no party, this ain't no foolin' around.

bluestarone

(19,964 posts)
25. Well, just hope they are smart enough to know their very existence in jeopardy!
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 01:53 PM
Dec 2023

TFG wins, these judges WILL be ELIMINATED!! I know this.

Evolve Dammit

(21,034 posts)
39. Who the hell knows? Probably not. In which case, they are far from "Supreme" and more like low-information voters
Sat Dec 23, 2023, 03:00 PM
Dec 2023

FakeNoose

(37,950 posts)
26. Detroit News just published this story yesterday
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 02:16 PM
Dec 2023

I don't know who informed them, maybe it was anonymous.

We need to hear the recording of Chump though. It should be made public, don't you agree?

tinrobot

(11,652 posts)
16. Ronna Romney McDaniel is an accomplice
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 10:42 PM
Dec 2023

No wonder the Republicans are desperately trying to stonewall this... almost ALL of them were in on it.

Jeez... and what does her uncle Mitt think of this?

mercuryblues

(15,752 posts)
18. Just an FYI
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 11:12 AM
Dec 2023

Last edited Fri Dec 22, 2023, 02:16 PM - Edit history (1)

William Hartman died of Covid in Dec of 2021, quell your surprise, this insane trump supporter was also a vehement ant-vaxer and Covid denier.

Funny thing about Covid. It doesn't care if you think it is a hoax or not. It will infect you just the same.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
24. I'd recheck that date if I were you
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 01:51 PM
Dec 2023

That, or you're confusing William Hartmanns. One of them had to be, you know, alive in 2020 for Cheeto Benito to call him.

 

PTL_Mancuso

(276 posts)
31. The Three Main "Musts" of Effective Repugnicanism. . .
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 03:13 PM
Dec 2023

1. Projection
2. Projection
and
3. Projection

Novara

(6,115 posts)
22. I wanna know why she hasn't been charged yet. Also?
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 01:44 PM
Dec 2023

You know where they did this? Wayne County, which contains Detroit. They chose Biden by 40%, so this would not have made a difference.

It should come as no surprise that they tried to disenfranchise Black voters ust because they wanted to.

BigmanPigman

(53,373 posts)
36. I just learned you can record your conversation
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 06:34 PM
Dec 2023

on a smart phone. Chris Hayes mentioned it to George Conway.

 

donte

(41 posts)
37. Yes it is true Trump was busted committing ANOTHER CRIME!
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 10:45 PM
Dec 2023

But if Scotus says you can't prosecute an ex president, then trump escapes any accountability AGAIN!!

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