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TRUMP: Gone too far

| January 6, 2021 1:00 AM

This evening the news broke regarding President Trump’s threatening conversation with Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Raffensberger. President Trump used the power of his office to direct Raffensberger to announce that a recount in Georgia had been done, now favoring Trump. Trump suggested that voting machines had been taken out of state and internal parts of the voting machines had been lifted along with other false reasons for the new voting results.

To this Secretary of State Raffensberger calmy replied, Mr. President your data is wrong and I will not change the voting results. The president, frustrated with his failure to enlist Raffensberger in this scheme, then began threatening Sec. of State Raffensberger and Governor Kemp’s political future.

This was one more attempt by President Trump to disenfranchise millions of Americans simply because they voted for someone in a different party.

President Trump has completely abandoned his oath of office. It is time for a letter of rebuke.

PETER OPTEKAR

Capt. USMC

Hayden