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Trump is indifferent to the truth, and so are his followers.
Trump begged Georgia's secretary of state to overturn the election results in an astounding hourlong phone call. Trump offered up a smorgasbord of lies and false claims about voter fraud and repeatedly berated state officials for not violating the constitutional on his behalf.
The phone call featured Trump, days before he is set to leave office, pleading with Raffensperger to alter the vote total and launching into a tirade of farcical conspiracy theories about the election. Trump even suggested that Raffensperger, who is a Republican, may face criminal consequences should he refuse to intervene in accordance with his wishes.
"So look," Trump told Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. "All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state." 😂😅
Raffensperger and his office's general counsel, Ryan Germany, pushed back against Trump's claims and said President-elect Joe Biden's victory of about 12,000 votes was accurate.
"The people of Georgia are angry. The people in the country are angry," Trump said in the call. "And there's nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you've recalculated." 😂
Translation: Trump wanted the Secretary of State for Georgia to illegally overturn the election in his favor.
Raffensperger responded, "Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong."
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was also present on the call.
Meadows at one point suggested that the secretary of state's office and Trump's team find a path forward to resolve the dispute that did not involve the courts. Raffensperger said he did not believe there was one.
Translation: Trump and Meadows tried to violate the constitution and the constitutional rights of millions of Americans.
Trump also brought up a flurry of debunked conspiracy theories.
Raffensperger said Trump was being misled by claims on social media.
"Mr. President, the problem you have with social media is that people can say anything," he said.
"I know this phone call is going nowhere other than ultimately, you know — look, ultimately I win, okay?" Trump said. "Because you guys are so wrong. ... You've treated the population of Georgia so badly."
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