Former President Donald Trump endorsed Consultant Jody Hice (R-Ga.) earlier this morning; Hice is working in opposition to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who refused to swing the 2020 election ends in his state in Trump’s favor.
“Jody has been a steadfast fighter for conservative Georgia values and is a staunch ally of the America First agenda,” Trump stated in a press release. “Not like the present Georgia Secretary of State, Jody leads out entrance with integrity.”
Hice, in the meantime, has continued to assist the baseless declare that the election was fraudulent.
“Free and honest elections are the inspiration of our nation, which is why I’m excited to announce my marketing campaign for Georgia Secretary of State. Collectively, we are able to renew integrity and safe our elections,” stated Hice.
Trump is at present beneath investigation in regard to a telephone name he had with Raffensperger,
Throughout his phone call with Raffensperger, Trump ignored any argument that went in opposition to his insistence that he received an election that had already been determined for Joe Biden.
“The folks of Georgia are indignant, the folks of the nation are indignant,” Trump stated. “And there’s nothing improper with saying, , that you simply’ve recalculated.”
“Nicely, Mr. President, the problem that you’ve is, the information you’ve is improper.” Raffensperger instructed him.
Later, Trump stated, “So look. All I need to do is that this. I simply need to discover 11,780 votes, which is yet one more than we’ve got. As a result of we received the state.”
Earlier this month, a leaked audio recording of a December 23 name revealed that Trump pushed Georgia‘s lead elections investigator to search out the “proper reply” as he continued to advertise conspiracies about the usage of absentee ballots within the state.
Alan is a author, editor, and information junkie primarily based in New York.
