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- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- politics@beehaw.org
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.”
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A crime. Trump was recorded, again, committing a crime.
- Make it 99 indictments.
But a bitch ain’t one?
Oh there be some
Uh, The Kraken Kunt.
Take one down, pass it around
Ronna McDaniel was also on the call, making her an accomplice
Crime isn’t a crime anymore.
And again pushing other people to commit crimes for him
We will get you attorneys
And this was the moment they knew they had to sign the certification and bail out before they were in more problems.
Oh, they can idict Mc Daniel too, lol.
Damn the Republican party seems to be filled to the brim with criminals, don’t it?
Alright Ronna, you’ve been facing MAGA pressure for your ouster the past few months, here’s your chance to do the right thing (hell of an ask for a Republican) / get payback
“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.”
These people. Our country. “Us.” It’s not a dog whistle, it’s a bullhorn. If you aren’t a white, christian male they don’t even acknowledge you as a citizen of this country. They are the “real” Americans and the rest of us are just guests. Guests that they want to evict.
I’ve got nothing more to add but to exhort all of you to vote next year.
Also, usually, if you’re white but not Christian, you’re not white to them. Hence Elon agreeing with a tweet saying that Jews are destroying white people.
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Oh that’s great news. This incontrovertible stuff is the good stuff.
Is this another perfect phone call?
Inb4 “he never said not to certify it”
I had hoped Obama getting elected was going to really bolster unification and the progressive isolation and disarming of racist, bigoted, and hateful views that would ultimately enable continued progress through the election of a woman as president to re-establish the US as a beacon of hope and prosperity. Instead we are here.
These racist assholes need to go. Reagan would be demonized by current republicans. https://youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8?feature=shared
