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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts)
Thu Dec 21, 2023, 07:43 PM Dec 2023

🚨🚨Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote [View all]

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

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."

To which Trump added: "We'll take care of that."

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Kick cuz this is big Nevilledog Dec 2023 #1
Kick! Drum Dec 2023 #2
Caught red handed senseandsensibility Dec 2023 #3
+1 2naSalit Dec 2023 #7
Oh Lordy! 2naSalit Dec 2023 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author 2naSalit Dec 2023 #5
Hi-Fidelity. Kid Berwyn Dec 2023 #9
Thanks... 2naSalit Dec 2023 #10
Kick! senseandsensibility Dec 2023 #6
Yes Big.. this should help get Cha Dec 2023 #8
Should be Story A-1 on every channel kwolf68 Dec 2023 #11
A must read. dalton99a Dec 2023 #12
Yeah.... This is even worse than the fake electors in my mind. Nevilledog Dec 2023 #16
Kick TeamProg Dec 2023 #13
Is it okay if I feel just a tiny bit sorry for Mitt Romney? ShazzieB Dec 2023 #14
Hartmann was another willfully ignorant Covid denier who ended up being killed by it in 2021. catbyte Dec 2023 #15
Can we give him a list of people we want him to touch? Nevilledog Dec 2023 #18
I hope Ronna has lawyered up Arazi Dec 2023 #17
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