Somehow the Washington Post has obtained a recording of a phone call made yesterday by Trump to Brad Raffensperger (the Republican secretary of state for Georgia) and Ryan Germany (general counsel for the secretary of state) pleading with them to find 11,780 extra votes for Trump so that Biden’s win in that state can be overturned.
Just listen as Trump invokes all manner of vague rumors to support his case. The level of delusional pleading is astounding. Here is a four-minute clip of the hour long call.
Trump has admitted to making the call.
I spoke to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger yesterday about Fulton County and voter fraud in Georgia. He was unwilling, or unable, to answer questions such as the “ballots under table” scam, ballot destruction, out of state “voters”, dead voters, and more. He has no clue!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2021
These Georgian officials’ hearts must be sinking whenever they hear that Trump is on the line.
They should just do what I do when a salesperson rings my doorbell: “I don’t need what you are selling”, then shut the door. He is selling the same shit time after time, and there is no reason to listen to it again.
johnson catman@#1:
They should just do what I do when a salesperson rings my doorbell: “I don’t need what you are selling”, then shut the door.
“respect the office, not the man” or something like that.
At this point, Trump is more and more like the unnamed British officer whose officer fitness report read, “his men would follow him anywhere, but mostly out of curiousity.”
Complaining about voter fraud while asking Georgia to “find” votes for him. Did anyone else blow an irony meter after hearing this?
Matt G, your questions comes several years too late.
Apropos irony meter, here are some cartoons from before Trump:
https://www.jesusandmo.net/tag/irony-meter/
re Marcus @2: Respect is earned and The Orange Toddler-Tyrant has not done a fucking thing to garner an ounce of respect. The office means NOTHING when the occupant is a troll.
Listening to Raffensperger tone, I wonder who sent tho tape?
@7, No idea, but is has been pointed out (Trump presses top Georgia election official to ‘find’ votes for him in recorded phone call) that “under Georgia law Raffensperger could legally have taped it without Trump’s consent.”
Pathetic or dangerous?
I feel odds are getting high he will order aggressive moves to get our country into a new war to cause chaos in a final ditch to avoid the boot.
He seems to be that deranged.
#2 Marcus
The onus is on the occupant of an office, that they live up to the standard.
@10 only when they’re a Democrat…
Trump: “blah blah 5,000 dead voters blah”
Raffensperger: The actual number were two. Two. Two people that were dead that voted.
I was curious about this, and looked it up, and Raffensperger seems to have misremembered,
There were (originally) four questionable cases, but actually only one single case of a person, who was actually dead, and actually registered to vote, who had a vote logged in his name.
Note that the actual vote that was cast is not revealed.
So either Skwiot’s identity thief was a Biden voter whose vote made no difference for the county, or else was in fact a Trump voter adding an unnecessary additional vote for Trump.