{"id":4158,"date":"2021-01-06T19:44:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T19:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4158"},"modified":"2021-01-06T19:44:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T19:44:48","slug":"trumps-call-with-georgias-secretary-of-state-is-a-subversion-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4158","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s call with Georgia\u2019s secretary of state is a subversion of democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“Audio from the full 62-minute call<\/a> was published by the Post Sunday, including an exchange where Trump threatens Raffensperger and Germany with imminent legal consequences should they fail to overturn the already certified results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a criminal offense,\u201d Trump tells Raffensperger and Germany on the call, apparently in reference to Raffensperger not reporting made-up instances of election fraud. \u201cAnd you can\u2019t let that happen. That\u2019s a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer. And that\u2019s a big risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump also raised a number of conspiracy theories resembling those promoted by onetime Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, who was cut loose<\/a> by the Trump campaign\u2019s legal team as her election fraud allegations became increasingly outlandish.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Trump aired a version of the Dominion conspiracy during his Saturday call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, do you think it\u2019s possible that they shredded ballots in Fulton County?\u201d Trump asked Germany on the call. \u201cBecause that\u2019s what the rumor is. And also that Dominion took out machines. That Dominion is really moving fast to get rid of their machinery. Do you know anything about that? Because that\u2019s illegal, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Germany affirmed on the call, none of Trump\u2019s allegations are true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the Trump legal team\u2019s move to disavow Powell, Trump has reportedly remained enamored with her theories. According to a New York Times report from December<\/a>, he briefly considered naming Powell as special counsel to investigate his baseless claims of voter fraud, though he was ultimately talked down by aides.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Though Sunday\u2019s Washington Post scoop provides arguably the starkest example of Trump\u2019s long-running attempts to subvert democracy in order to remain in power \u2014 not to mention a more than passing resemblance to President Richard Nixon\u2019s presidency-ending tapes \u2014 it is by no means the only time Trump has mounted an effort of this sort since losing reelection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0In at least three other battleground states that he lost to Biden \u2014\u00a0Arizona<\/a>,\u00a0Michigan<\/a>, and\u00a0Pennsylvania<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Trump has directly reached out to lawmakers and\u00a0other officials<\/a>\u00a0to urge them to help him overturn the election results in their states, potentially awarding him an unelected second term in office.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/1\/3\/22211657\/washington-post-trump-call-georgia-secretary-state-raffensperger-recording-find-votes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Audio from the full 62-minute call was published by the Post Sunday, including an exchange where Trump threatens Raffensperger and Germany with imminent legal consequences should they fail to overturn the already certified results.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a criminal offense,\u201d Trump tells Raffensperger and Germany on the call, apparently in reference to Raffensperger not reporting made-up instances of election fraud. \u201cAnd you can\u2019t let that happen. That\u2019s a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer. And that\u2019s a big risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump also raised a number of conspiracy theories resembling those promoted by onetime Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, who was cut loose by the Trump campaign\u2019s legal team as her election fraud allegations became increasingly outlandish.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Trump aired a version of the Dominion conspiracy during his Saturday call.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, do you think it\u2019s possible that they shredded ballots in Fulton County?\u201d Trump asked Germany on the call. \u201cBecause that\u2019s what the rumor is. And also that Dominion took out machines. That Dominion is really moving fast to get rid of their machinery. Do you know anything about that? Because that\u2019s illegal, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

As Germany affirmed on the call, none of Trump\u2019s allegations are true.<\/p>\n

Despite the Trump legal team\u2019s move to disavow Powell, Trump has reportedly remained enamored with her theories. According to a New York Times report from December, he briefly considered naming Powell as special counsel to investigate his baseless claims of voter fraud, though he was ultimately talked down by aides.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Though Sunday\u2019s Washington Post scoop provides arguably the starkest example of Trump\u2019s long-running attempts to subvert democracy in order to remain in power \u2014 not to mention a more than passing resemblance to President Richard Nixon\u2019s presidency-ending tapes \u2014 it is by no means the only time Trump has mounted an effort of this sort since losing reelection.<\/p>\n

In at least three other battleground states that he lost to Biden \u2014 Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania \u2014 Trump has directly reached out to lawmakers and other officials to urge them to help him overturn the election results in their states, potentially awarding him an unelected second term in office.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[372,815],"class_list":["post-4158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-election","tag-georgia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158\/revisions\/4159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}