Tweet

Mona

4 Jan, 9 tweets, 2 min read

Per Playbook:
Backstory on Raffensperger recording Trump's call:
After Graham's attempt in Nov to get him to throw it, Brad felt threatened, so he recorded Saturday's call
After Trump tweet attacked him yesterday, BR released it to WaPo & AJC
Here:

2-"It started on Saturday when Trump and his team reached out to talk to Raffensperger, who, according to an adviser, felt he would be unethically pressured by the president. Raffensperger had been here before:

3-"In November he accused Trump ally and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham of improperly exhorting him to meddle in the election to help Trump win Georgia. Graham later denied it.

4-"So why not record the call with the president, Raffensperger’s advisers thought, if nothing else for fact-checking purposes. “This is a man who has a history of reinventing history as it occurs,” one of them told Playbook.

5-"“So if he’s going to try to dispute anything on the call, it’s nice to have something like this, hard evidence, to dispute whatever he’s claiming about the secretary. Lindsey Graham asked us to throw out legally cast ballots.

6-"So yeah, after that call, we decided maybe we should do this.” The call took place Saturday afternoon. “Mr. President,” announced Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, at the top of the call, “everyone is on the line.” Little did he know.

7-"Trump made his ask and did most of the talking for the next hour, trafficking in the same conspiracy theories about election fraud that no court or criminal investigator has found credible. At the end of the call, Trump complains, “What a schmuck I was.”

8-"Raffensperger’s team kept quiet about the call and the recording and waited. The president made the next move, claiming on Sunday morning via Twitter that Raffensperger was “unwilling, or unable, to answer” questions about his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud.

9-"“Respectfully, President Trump: What you're saying is not true,” Raffensperger replied at 10:27 a.m. “The truth will come out.” It wasn’t an empty promise..."

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

More from @Monaheart1229

Mona

@Monaheart1229

3 Jan

Aside from the obvious illegality, what's interesting about the call Trump made to GA SOS Raffensperger begging him to 'find' 11,780 ballots to overturn his GA loss is that these leaks don't happen by accident
And the timing is fascinating
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…

2-"[WaPo] obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims

3-"at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking “a big risk.” Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel rejected Trump’s assertions, explaining that the president is relying on debunked conspiracy theories

Read 7 tweets

Mona

@Monaheart1229

31 Dec 20

Amid concerns from Biden allies that some current Secret Svc presidential detail members are politically aligned with Trump
Agents who have worked with Biden in the past will be reattached to his presidential detail
washingtonpost.com/politics/secre…

2-"The Secret Service is making some staff changes in the presidential detail that will guard President-elect Joe Biden, amid concerns from Biden allies that some current members were politically aligned with President Trump, according to two people familiar with the changes.

3-"As Biden readies his new administration, the Secret Service plans to bring back to the White House detail a handful of senior agents whom Biden knows well from their work more than four years ago guarding him and his family when he was vice president.

Read 4 tweets

Mona

@Monaheart1229

31 Dec 20

Where things stand in the Senate with the $2K increase ask

⬇️

politico.com/news/2020/12/3…

2-"Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans finished off any imminent chance of approving $2,000 stimulus checks on Wednesday, ending a push from President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders to approve bigger direct payments as the congressional term comes to an end.

3-"The Senate majority leader said he would not detach the $2,000 checks supported by President Donald Trump from other matters demanded by the president: Stripping legal protections from tech companies and establishing an election fraud commission.

Read 8 tweets

Mona

@Monaheart1229

31 Dec 20

There is currently a lot of concern in DC that Iran will retaliate for the Soleimani killing this weekend
Jan 3 is the 1 yr anniversary of US assassination of the Iranian Gen'l
2 US B-52 bombers flew a 'show of force' mission in Persian Gulf yesterday
nytimes.com/2020/12/30/us/…

2-"Two American B-52 bombers flew another show-of-force mission in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, a week after Trump warned Iran that he would hold it accountable ‘if one American is killed’ in rocket attacks in Iraq that the administration and military officials blamed on Tehran

3-"The warplanes’ 36-hour round-trip mission from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota was the third time in six weeks that Air Force bombers had conducted long-range flights about 60 miles off the Iranian coast

Read 4 tweets

Mona

@Monaheart1229

31 Dec 20

Trump is suddenly scheduled to leave Palm Beach ahead of his big deal NYE party
His public sched today says he's leaving PB at 11 & returning to DC
Jan 3 is the 1yr anniv of the Soleimani killing & there's much concern Iran will retaliate this weekend
cnn.com/2020/12/30/pol…

2-"Trump is expected to return to Washington earlier than anticipated ahead of a planned disruption by Republicans when Congress meets next week to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win.

3-"Trump is now slated to leave Palm Beach before his annual New Year's Eve party, even though guests had already gathered at his south Florida club and were told Trump would be in attendance, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Read 8 tweets

Mona

@Monaheart1229

30 Dec 20

Interesting point (easily lost in the chaos):
Pence 'declined' to sign on to Louie Gohmert's law suit to have him toss the election on 1/6
Some see this as Pence resisting
-he's going to run in 2024
We'll see..
politico.com/news/2020/12/2…

2-"Lawyers for Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Arizona’s 11 Republican electors revealed Tuesday that Vice President Mike Pence declined to sign onto their plan to upend Congress’ certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

3-"It’s the first indication that Pence is resisting some of the most extreme calls to reverse the presidential election results, thus relying on his role as the presiding officer on Jan. 6, when Congress meets to finalize Biden’s win.

Read 4 tweets

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!