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The Republican is said to have asked Secretary of State Raffensperger to “find” enough votes for him and to “recalculate” the result.
According to one report, US President-elect Donald Trump has insisted on a subsequent change in the outcome of the Georgia elections in an unusual phone call. In the hour-long conversation, Trump bluntly asked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is responsible for conducting the election, to “find” enough votes for him and “recalculate” the result, as the Washington Post reported Sunday.
The newspaper also published parts of a recording of the conversation on Saturday. Trump described Raffensperger as “clueless” after the phone call on Twitter. Republican Trump threatened his party colleague Raffensperger in conversation that he was taking a “great risk” and that he could be guilty of a crime if he did not act against voter fraud.
Trump narrowly lost Georgia in the November 3 election. Overall victorious Democrat Joe Biden was there with about 12,000 votes in the lead. There the results were reported twice; Despite Trump’s claims, there was no evidence of voter fraud.
“It is not fair to take away the victory like this”
During the phone call, Trump complained about the “wrong” result in Georgia and claimed that he had won the election. “I just want to find 11,780 votes … because we have won the state,” he said, according to the recording. “We won the elections and it is not fair to take away the victory,” Trump said. Raffensperger should verify the results again, the sitting US president demanded. “But check it out with people who want to find answers,” Trump said.
Raffensperger responded, according to the recording: “We have to defend our numbers. We believe our numbers are correct.” The Secretary of State indicated that the results had been approved in court. Georgia will also hold a two-seat second-round election in the Senate on Tuesday, the result of which could topple the Republican majority in the Washington House of Representatives.
The Washington Post article said the “rambling and sometimes incoherent conversation” showed how “obsessed and desperate” the president was in the face of his electoral defeat. Trump still believes he could change the outcome in enough states to secure a second term.
Trump lost the election, but continues to refuse to acknowledge Biden’s victory. Biden will be sworn in as Trump’s successor on January 20.
(WHAT / dpa)
