Washington Washington – Gabriel Sterling, one of Georgia’s top election officials, on Tuesday slammed President Trump and Georgia’s senators in response to threats and intimidation targeting state election activists and called on the president to stop acknowledging his election losses in the state and stop inspiring people. To perform potential acts of violence. “
“It’s all gone,” Stirling, Georgia’s enforcement manager for the voting system, apparently outraged, told a news conference from the state capital in Atlanta, and had to stop rhetoric claiming Mr. Trump’s election was rigid. “
“Mr. President, it looks like you’re going to lose the state of Georgia. We’re investigating, there’s always a possibility, I get it, you have the right to go through the courts,” Sterling said. “What you don’t have the ability to do – and you need to step in and say this – stops motivating people to do potential acts of violence. Someone is hurt. Someone has to be shot. Someone is going to kill. And that’s it. Not right. “
Republican Sterling said he has police protection outside his own home, while the wife of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is receiving “sexual threats” from her cell phone. But he said the main source of his anger and the last straw for him was a young contractor with Dominion voting systems in Gwyneth County who received death threats and was targeted with a vein.
Mr. Trump and his campaign have created the Dominion, a voting software company used in 28 states, at the heart of his unsubstantiated election fraud allegations, and accused his system of deleting and manipulating votes cast for the president. However, the company said it “explicitly denies claims of any vote change or software issues in our voting systems,” and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said “no evidence that any voting system has been deleted or lost, any evidence of vote change.” No, or compromised anyway. “
The state of Georgia lost to President-elect Joe Biden, and the results were certified Nov. 20 after the presidential election hand count was completed, confirming Mr. Biden’s victory.
Sterling criticized Mr. Trump and senators for failing to condemn the actions of his supporters, who have made threats against election workers, saying, “We need you to take action.”
“If you’re going to take a leadership position, show some,” he continued.
“This has to stop,” Sterling said. “This is an election. This is the backbone of democracy, and all of you who have not uttered derogatory words are complicated in this. It is too much. Yes, fight for every legal vote. Go through your due process. We encourage you. Your first Use correction, it’s good. Death threats, physical threats, intimidation, that’s not right. “
Sterling said now is the time to “look ahead”, as the state does not have a road to victory for Mr. Trump.
“Be a big man here. Come inside,” he said. “Tell your supporters not to be violent. Don’t be afraid. Everything is wrong. It’s un-American.”
“Every Georgian and every American should be outraged by the harassment of election workers,” Sterling said.
In the wake of the November election, Rafansperger was specifically targeted by Mr. Trump and two Republican senators from Georgia, David Perdue and Kelly Lofler, who called for his resignation. President last month Accused The “inappropriate” is Rafansparger and running the election process Called on Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, also to intervene.
Both Perdue and Loffler are running in the relevant run-off election on January 5, the outcome of which will determine which party controls the Senate.
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