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President Trump pressures Georgia officials to OVERTURN his defeat
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President Donald Trump directly asked Georgia's top elections officials to overturn his defeat to President-elect Joe Biden in the state during a Saturday phone call, according to audio posted Sunday by The Washington Post.
During the conversation, the president repeatedly asked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) to "find" more than 11,000 ballots needed to overcome the gap between Trump and Biden in the state, thereby flipping the state in his favor.
"The people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry. And there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you’ve recalculated," Trump told Raffensperger before questioning the secretary about a "rumor" that ballots for him were "shredded" in Fulton County, which is home to Atlanta, the state's largest city and a major Democratic bastion.
"All I want to do is this," the president continued. "I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state."
The secretary is heard in the limited audio released by the Post rejecting the president's claims, calling his supposed data "wrong" and indicating that he would not bow to the president's wishes.
At another point in the call, the audio reported by the Post reveals that Trump linked his fate in the state, as well as Raffensperger's actions in the days ahead, to whether Georgia GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue would hold on to their seats in the state's upcoming runoff election, which is days away.
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During the conversation, the president repeatedly asked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) to "find" more than 11,000 ballots needed to overcome the gap between Trump and Biden in the state, thereby flipping the state in his favor.
"The people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry. And there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you’ve recalculated," Trump told Raffensperger before questioning the secretary about a "rumor" that ballots for him were "shredded" in Fulton County, which is home to Atlanta, the state's largest city and a major Democratic bastion.
"All I want to do is this," the president continued. "I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state."
The secretary is heard in the limited audio released by the Post rejecting the president's claims, calling his supposed data "wrong" and indicating that he would not bow to the president's wishes.
At another point in the call, the audio reported by the Post reveals that Trump linked his fate in the state, as well as Raffensperger's actions in the days ahead, to whether Georgia GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue would hold on to their seats in the state's upcoming runoff election, which is days away.
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