Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote

Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed by The Detroit News and revealed publicly for the first time.

On a Nov. 17, 2020, phone call, which also involved Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Trump told Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the two GOP Wayne County canvassers, they’d look “terrible” if they signed the documents after they first voted in opposition and then later in the same meeting voted to approve certification of the county’s election results, according to the recordings.

“We’ve got to fight for our country,” said Trump on the recordings, made by a person who was present for the call with Palmer and Hartmann. “We can’t let these people take our country away from us.”

McDaniel, a Michigan native and the leader of the Republican Party nationally, said at another point in the call, “If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. … We will get you attorneys.”

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Waraugh,

I had hoped Obama getting elected was going to really bolster unification and the progressive isolation and disarming of racist, bigoted, and hateful views that would ultimately enable continued progress through the election of a woman as president to re-establish the US as a beacon of hope and prosperity. Instead we are here.

These racist assholes need to go. Reagan would be demonized by current republicans. youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8?feature=shared

mx_smith,

Is this another perfect phone call?

ersatz,

“We’ve got to fight for our country,” said Trump on the recordings, made by a person who was present for the call with Palmer and Hartmann. “We can’t let these people take our country away from us.”

These people. Our country. “Us.” It’s not a dog whistle, it’s a bullhorn. If you aren’t a white, christian male they don’t even acknowledge you as a citizen of this country. They are the “real” Americans and the rest of us are just guests. Guests that they want to evict.

I’ve got nothing more to add but to exhort all of you to vote next year.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Also, usually, if you’re white but not Christian, you’re not white to them. Hence Elon agreeing with a tweet saying that Jews are destroying white people.

DrPop,

Inb4 “he never said not to certify it”

driving_crooner,
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We will get you attorneys

And this was the moment they knew they had to sign the certification and bail out before they were in more problems.

beckerist,

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    TechyDad,
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    If he successfully kept states from certifying their votes, then Congress wouldn’t have been able to name a winner on January 6th. At that point, the vote would have gone to the House. In the House, each states’ Representatives vote and the winner gets that state’s vote. The candidate who wins the most states wins.

    The Republicans hold the majority here and Trump would have been elected President regardless of the actual election result. So keeping the election from being certified was a last ditch effort to overturn the election results and “win” despite the fact that he lost.

    Ensign_Crab,

    Another blatant crime that we are all witness to. Another open-and-shut case that we’ll still need to investigate for years for some fucking reason.

    LibertyLizard,

    If you come at the king, you best not miss.

    Daft_ish, (edited )

    If you come at me you can pretty much lock me up for life with zero evidence by just never prosecuting me and forgetting I exist after arresting me because the cop didn’t like my attitude.

    Ensign_Crab,

    If you acknowledge him as a king, you’ve already lost.

    LibertyLizard,

    It’s a reference to a tv show. The point is he is a powerful, influential, and dangerous person. A not guilty verdict will make him stronger and more vengeful. A careful, foolproof investigation is the best strategy to take him down.

    Ensign_Crab,

    At least that’s the excuse for slow walking every investigation.

    TransplantedSconie,

    Oh, they can idict Mc Daniel too, lol.

    Damn the Republican party seems to be filled to the brim with criminals, don’t it?

    sarcasticsunrise,

    Alright Ronna, you’ve been facing MAGA pressure for your ouster the past few months, here’s your chance to do the right thing (hell of an ask for a Republican) / get payback

    downpunxx,
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    it's a prerequisite that you be a racist to be a republican, the criminality is a free dlc add on

    Varyk,

    Oh that’s great news. This incontrovertible stuff is the good stuff.

    themeatbridge,

    A crime. Trump was recorded, again, committing a crime.

    Uglyhead, (edited )
    @Uglyhead@lemmy.world avatar
    1. Make it 99 indictments.
    Witchfire,
    @Witchfire@lemmy.world avatar

    Take one down, pass it around

    cmbabul,

    But a bitch ain’t one?

    TropicalDingdong,

    Oh there be some

    Orbituary,
    @Orbituary@lemmy.world avatar

    He grabbed them by the vote certification.

    TechyDad,
    @TechyDad@lemmy.world avatar

    It doesn’t count. It was just a locker room insurrection!

    Illuminostro,

    Uh, The Kraken Kunt.

    Rapidcreek,

    Ronna McDaniel was also on the call, making her an accomplice

    tsonfeir,
    @tsonfeir@lemm.ee avatar

    Crime isn’t a crime anymore.

    phoenixz,

    And again pushing other people to commit crimes for him

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