‘Dumb as a rock’: GOP comes at Trump arduous for recorded menace of Georgia election official

“So look. All I want to do is this,” Trump stated at one level within the dialog. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.” Trump misplaced to President-elect Joe Biden by 11,779 votes, in accordance with a recount from Raffensperger’s workplace.

Obama known as the president’s refusal to just accept defeat, particularly throughout the coronavirus pandemic “just unconscionable” in a Twitter thread Monday. “It’s unconscionable to focus on overturning an election rather than helping struggling families or distributing a vaccine,” she stated.

The Chicago lawyer went on to encourage Georgians to vote in Tuesday’s Senate runoff. “Your vote is your voice. It’s your power,” she tweeted. “And right now, from the President of the United States on down, we’re seeing and hearing just how desperate some are to take that power away. They want us to believe that their pride is more important than our democracy.”

Clinton equally described in a tweet Monday simply how a lot Trump is keen to sacrifice for his ego. “What we’re seeing right now is a president with nothing left to lose and only one goal—to distract people from the fact that he lost,” she stated within the tweet. “He doesn’t care that the costs are America’s health, security, and our very democracy.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders known as the president’s phrases “unprecedented,” including that “this is what mafia does.” “It is the most consequential attack on American democracy in the history of our country,” he informed MSNBC. Sanders additionally referenced the portion of the decision during which Trump threatened that if Raffensperger and his basic counsel Ryan Germany didn’t discover 1000’s of fraudulently forged votes in Fulton County they’d be committing “a criminal offense.” “And you can’t let that happen,” the president stated. “That’s a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer.” Sanders known as it “not only impeachable” however “certainly a criminal offense.” “That is not what democracy is about,” Sanders stated. On that, he and a number of other notable Republicans appear to agree. 

George Conway, who’s married to former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, called Trump “dumb as a rock” and said in a tweet Sunday “the president committing prison acts on unsecure phone traces is the precise nationwide safety menace right here.” 

“It’s shocking, but not surprising,” George Conway informed MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “The real question that pops up here, and pops up again and again, is how delusional is he? Is he that delusional or is this—or is he just desperate, and I think it’s a little bit of both.” Republican Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey stated in an announcement CBS News obtained Monday that Trump’s name “represents a new low in this whole futile and sorry episode.” 

Sorry because the president could also be, he doesn’t appear to face alone. There’s an ongoing effort by some GOP legislators to problem Biden’s Electoral College victory, and 10 senators, Republicans and Democrats, are working to combat that effort. They stated in an announcement The Associated Press obtained that “the 2020 election is over” and continued makes an attempt to invalidate election outcomes are “contrary to the clearly expressed will of the American people and only serve to undermine Americans’ confidence in the already determined election results.” Republicans Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Mitt Romney of Utah supported the assertion. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tweeted: “The American people—not the politicians—elect the president. The scheme by members of Congress to reject the certification of the presidential election makes a mockery of our system and who we are as Americans.” Former House Speaker Paul Ryan stated in an announcement the AP obtained that “Biden’s victory is entirely legitimate” and that efforts to sow seeds of doubt about election outcomes “strike at the foundation of our republic.”