Donald Trump’s obsession with the State of Georgia is well documented, and this is just one more rock on that pile. Trump placed his now famous call to Brad Raffensperger, looking for his legendary 11,782 votes, but what has just been revealed is that he also placed a call to the chief investigator for the Secretary of State’s office and tried a shakedown there. New Civil Rights Movement:
“Something bad happened,” Trump told the investigator, Frances Watson. “When the right answer comes out, you’ll be praised.”
Watson was not about to be intimidated.
“I can assure you that our team and the [Georgia Bureau of Investigation], that we are only interested in the truth and finding the information that is based on the facts.”
In the recording of the call, which has never been released before, Trump and pressures Watson repeatedly to help him out.
“This country is counting on it,” Trump tells her, meaning him winning Georgia.
“You have the most important job in the country,” he also tells her.
Trump also falsely claims he won other states, like Texas, by the biggest margin ever: “we won Texas by a record, Texas was won by the biggest, biggest number ever,” which is false.
(For the record, George W. Bush twice, along with Barack Obama twice, Ronald REeagan, and Richard Nixon all won Texas by more votes than Trump did in both 2020 and 2016. In fact, Trump won Texas in 2016 by more votes than he did in 2020.)
“I won Georgia by a lot,” Trump proceeds to tell Watson, “and the people know it, and, you know, something happened. Something bad happened.”
If you have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal, the full audio is there. Otherwise, look for it to be disseminated elsewhere later on tonight.
Something bad happened: Former guy decided he needed to steal the election.
Right answer: Tell him No Effing Way.
Correction regarding Obama. McCain won Texas by just under 12% in 2008 and Romney won it by just under 16% in 2012. The last Democrat to win Texas was Jimmy Carter all the way back in 1976. Trump only beat Clinton in 2016 by 11%. Last November Trump only won Texas by 5.5%! Biden being that close has to stick in Trump’s craw of course, but you just know he was hurt far more by Romney clobbering his margin and even more so by McCain edging him out!
“If you have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal, the full audio is there.”
If I had a full subscription I’d have to bang myself, lol. I had to block them on my Apple news feed…it’s such a garbage paper now.
Trump came dangerously close to losing Texas, wining by less than 6 points in November. He’s delusional.