This is what Republican House and Senate members are siding with: a presidential demand that, without any evidence and by voiding legitimate votes, state officials reverse the election in his favor. AUDIO: wapo.st/2MlD8ga via @WordsOfSarah
https://twitter.com/cathleendecker/status/1345798767514181646
The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, flattered him, begged him to act and threatened him with criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims. via @AmyEGardner.
To recap: The POTUS is threatening a Georgia state official with criminal charges if he refuses to endorse the president's completely made-up allegations of fraud which have been disproven by GA vote audits. And many in the GOP are endorsing it because of their ambition.
Meantime a pandemic is ravaging the nation and the president has said almost nothing about it other than to dispute the tallies -- which are confirmed by the bodies piling up -- and pitch a fit about Fauci's credibility. And Republicans say nothing.
The tape demonstrates that the president is all in on false theories that have nothing to do with the facts or reality, an astonishing posture for the man who for the next 17 days is at the pinnacle of U.S. power and is pursuing overturning a democratic election.
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