{"id":127236,"date":"2020-12-06T01:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-presses-georgia-governor-to-help-subvert-election\/"},"modified":"2020-12-06T01:34:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T22:34:00","slug":"trump-presses-georgia-governor-to-help-subvert-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-presses-georgia-governor-to-help-subvert-election\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af5b883ee84b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af5b883ee84b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-presses-georgia-governor-to-help-subvert-election\/#Trump_and_Georgia_Gov_Brian_Kemp_spoke_by_phone_hours_before_Trump_was_to_appear_at_a_rally_in_Valdosta_Georgia\" >Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp spoke by phone hours before Trump was to appear at a rally in Valdosta, Georgia.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-presses-georgia-governor-to-help-subvert-election\/#In_this_Nov_4_2018_file_photo_then-Georgia_Republican_gubernatorial_candidate_Brian_Kemp_left_walks_with_President_Donald_Trump_as_Trump_arrives_for_a_rally_in_Macon_Ga_President_Trump_said_Sunday_Nov_29_2020_he_was_%E2%80%9Cashamed%E2%80%9D_for_endorsing_the_Republican_governor_of_Georgia_after_he_lost_in_the_state_to_Democrat_Joe_Biden_AP_PhotoJohn_Bazemore_File\" >In this Nov. 4, 2018, file photo, then-Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, left, walks with President Donald Trump as Trump arrives for a rally in Macon , Ga. President Trump said Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 he was &#8220;ashamed&#8221; for endorsing the Republican governor of Georgia after he lost in the state to Democrat Joe Biden.  (AP Photo\/John Bazemore, File)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-presses-georgia-governor-to-help-subvert-election\/#Associated_Press\" >Associated Press<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trump_and_Georgia_Gov_Brian_Kemp_spoke_by_phone_hours_before_Trump_was_to_appear_at_a_rally_in_Valdosta_Georgia\"><\/span>\n  Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp spoke by phone hours before Trump was to appear at a rally in Valdosta, Georgia.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000090560\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        renoImageFormat-\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:79.765625%;\" data-mobile-ratio=\"79.765625%\" data-layout-ratio=\"79.765625%\" data-subtype=\"\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-268942?width=140&amp;size=1.2536728697355535 140w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-268942?width=540&amp;size=1.2536728697355535 540w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-268942?width=620&amp;size=1.2536728697355535 620w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-268942?width=700&amp;size=1.2536728697355535 700w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-268942?width=860&amp;size=1.2536728697355535 860w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-268942?width=1260&amp;size=1.2536728697355535 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100px,\n(max-width: 540px) 500px,\n(max-width: 620px) 580px,\n(max-width: 700px) 660px,\n(max-width: 860px) 820px,\n1260px\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-268942?width=620&amp;size=1.2536728697355535\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-268942?width=1260&amp;size=1.2536728697355535\" alt=\"\" title=\"In this Nov. 4, 2018, file photo, then-Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, left, walks...\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_this_Nov_4_2018_file_photo_then-Georgia_Republican_gubernatorial_candidate_Brian_Kemp_left_walks_with_President_Donald_Trump_as_Trump_arrives_for_a_rally_in_Macon_Ga_President_Trump_said_Sunday_Nov_29_2020_he_was_%E2%80%9Cashamed%E2%80%9D_for_endorsing_the_Republican_governor_of_Georgia_after_he_lost_in_the_state_to_Democrat_Joe_Biden_AP_PhotoJohn_Bazemore_File\"><\/span>In this Nov. 4, 2018, file photo, then-Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, left, walks with President Donald Trump as Trump arrives for a rally in Macon , Ga. President Trump said Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 he was &#8220;ashamed&#8221; for endorsing the Republican governor of Georgia after he lost in the state to Democrat Joe Biden.  (AP Photo\/John Bazemore, File)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>      <span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            AP<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       President Donald Trump fruitlessly pressed Georgia\u2019s governor on Saturday to call a special legislative session aimed at subverting the presidential election results in that state as Trump\u2019s fixation with his defeat overshadowed his party\u2019s campaign to save its majority in the Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp spoke by phone hours before Trump was to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear at a rally in Valdosta, Georgia, where Republicans hoped the president would dedicate his energy to imploring their supporters to vote in two runoff elections Jan. 5. <\/p>\n<p> But it remained an open question whether his first postelection political rally would be a mission to help his party or himself. <\/p>\n<p>Hours before the event, Trump asked Kemp in the phone call to order the legislative session; the governor refused, according to a senior government official in Georgia with knowledge of the call who was not authorized to discuss the private conversation and spoke on the condition of anonymity. A person close to the White House who was briefed on the matter verified that account of the call.<\/p>\n<p>According to a tweet from the governor, Trump also asked him to order an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes from the presidential race in his state, a step Kemp is not empowered to take because he has no authority to interfere in the electoral process on Trump\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Trump vented his frustrations on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> after the call.  \u201cYour people are refusing to do what you ask,\u201d he complained, as if speaking with Kemp. \u201cWhat are they hiding? At least immediately ask for a Special Session of the Legislature. That you can easily, and immediately, do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s personal contact with the governor demonstrated he is intent on amplifying his conspiratorial and debunked theories of electoral fraud even as Georgia Republicans want him to turn his focus to the Jan. 5 runoff elections and encourage their supporters to get out and vote.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re worried that Trump is stoking so much suspicion about Georgia elections that voters will think the system is rigged and decide to sit out the two races, where Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are trying to withstand Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, respectively, and keep the Senate under Republican control.<\/p>\n<p>In his tweet, Kemp said: \u201cAs I told the President this morning, I\u2019ve publicly called for a signature audit three times (11\/20, 11\/24, 12\/3) to restore confidence in our election process and to ensure that only legal votes are counted in Georgia.\u201d <\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>But a recommendation is all he can do; the governor does not have the authority to order an audit in the race. Moreover, the race in Georgia was certified for President-elect Joe Biden and affirmed by the state\u2019s Republican election officials as a fairly conducted and counted vote, with none of the systemic errors Trump alleges.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s aides publicly scoffed at the idea that Trump might do anything at the evening Valdosta rally other than encourage Republicans to back Perdue and Loeffler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe it\u2019s the start of these two senators crossing the finish line,\u201d White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on the eve of Trump\u2019s visit. McEnany credited Trump with being his party\u2019s biggest turnout driver, noting that Republicans narrowed House Democrats\u2019 majority while several vulnerable Republican senators survived challenges by comfortable margins.<\/p>\n<p>But after two pro-Trump lawyers this past week questioned whether voting again is even worth it \u2014 in echoes of the president\u2019s baseless accusations of widespread voter fraud \u2014 even Vice President Mike Pence betrayed concerns that the Republican coalition could crack under the force of Trump\u2019s grievances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know we\u2019ve all got our doubts about the last election, and I hear some of you saying, \u2018Just don\u2019t vote,&#8217;\u201d Pence said Friday while campaigning with Perdue in Savannah. \u201cIf you don\u2019t vote, they win.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Republicans need one more seat for a Senate majority. Democrats need a Georgia sweep to force a 50-50 Senate and position Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as the tiebreaking majority vote.<\/p>\n<p>Few Republicans in Washington or Georgia believe wide swaths of the electorate in this newfound battleground would opt out of voting because of Trump\u2019s false claims or his denigration of the Georgia governor and secretary of state for certifying Biden\u2019s victory in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The risk for the GOP is that it wouldn\u2019t take much of a drop-off to matter if the runoffs are as close as the presidential contest: Biden won Georgia by about 12,500 votes out of 5 million cast. There\u2019s enough noise to explain why Pence felt the need to confront the matter head on after two Trump loyalists floated the idea of the president\u2019s supporters bailing on Perdue and Loeffler. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would encourage all Georgians to make it known that you will not vote at all until your vote is secure \u2014 and I mean that regardless of party,\u201d lawyer Sidney Powell said this past week at a suburban Atlanta \u201cStop the Steal\u201d rally.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta celebrity lawyer Lin Wood, who\u2019s filed thus-far unsuccessful court challenges to Biden\u2019s victory, insisted to Trump\u2019s supporters that the state\u2019s elections are \u201crigged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s team has recently tried to dissociate itself from the pair but only after they were given a prominent platform in the flailing effort to overturn the presidential election results. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani returned Thursday to the Georgia Capitol for a marathon hearing that featured yet another airing of disproved claims.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been the source of party angst with his recent declarations that Kemp is \u201chapless\u201d and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is an \u201cenemy of the people\u201d because they didn\u2019t block Biden\u2019s Georgia victory. State law gives them no avenue to do so.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s resonated with voters such as Barry Mann, a 61-year-old business owner who came to hear Pence in Savannah. Mann hasn\u2019t decided whether he\u2019ll vote for his senators a second time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s some issues with our election and more investigation needs to be done,\u201d Mann said, adding that he doesn\u2019t think Perdue and Loeffler have done enough to support Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn the results. \u201cI want to see what happens between now and January,\u201d Mann said. <\/p>\n<p>A third vote count, this one requested by the president\u2019s reelection campaign, was nearing completion. 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