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Michigans attorney general is exploring whether officials there risk committing crimes if they bend to President Trumps wishes in seeking to block the certification of Joe Bidens victory in their state, according to two people familiar with the review.
The move by Dana Nessel, a Democrat, reflected a growing sense of unease among many in her party and some Republicans that the president was continuing his unprecedented efforts to reach personally into the states electoral process as he seeks to prevent Michigan from formally declaring a winner there.
On Wednesday, two Republican officials in Wayne County sought to rescind their vote to certify the election results in their county, where Detroit is located, after Trump called them Tuesday night.
On Friday afternoon, four leaders of Michigans Republican-controlled state legislature met with Trump in the White House at his invitation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michigan-attorney-general-canvassing-board-lawmakers/2020/11/20/87d19ce6-2b65-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)The GOP needs to learn they cannot do this.
Talitha
(6,581 posts)He's just desperately trying to save his own bacon...
and boy howdy, there's a ton of it!
Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)And see how tRump's red plastic wiffle ball bat holds up to a 102 mph fastball...
Cha
(297,137 posts)TigressDem
(5,125 posts)Yeah, I will take you to my "leader" and YOU CAN HAVE HIM.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)radius777
(3,635 posts)From what Jonathan Kinloch (one of the Dem board members) said, these GOP officials were poll watchers in Detroit ie harassers of black voters and brought that mentality into what should be an impartial process. They specifically buy into the 'scary urban PoC stealing votes' narrative that Trump pushes. They are racists and cried like cowards when called out on it.