Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) is speaking out about a phone call he had with President Donald Trump that is being shared across the internet.
Speaking with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America” Monday, Raffensperger talked about the phone call, to which he said Trump “did most of the talking” while he “did most of the listening” but wanted to make sure he made his points.
Raffensperger added, “The data that he has is just plain wrong.”
The Georgia secretary of state was asked if he found it lawful for the president to ask him to “find” the votes.
“I’m not a lawyer,” Raffensperger responded. “All I know is we’re going to follow the law, follow the process — truth matters, and we’ve been fighting these movements for the last two months.”
Watch Raffensperger’s interview below:
“He did most of the talking. We did most of the listening but I did want to make my points — The data that he has is just plain wrong.” — GA Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger to @GStephanopoulos on his phone call with Pres. Trump. https://t.co/tCqsnjNwKF pic.twitter.com/ksOxuGtsDe
— Good Morning America (@GMA) January 4, 2021
In audio obtained by The Washington Post and published over the weekend, Trump is heard saying in a call with Raffensperger, “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state,” as IJR reported on.
Trump also said during the call on Saturday, “The people of Georgia are angry, the people in the country are angry,” adding, “And there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you’ve recalculated.”
Raffensperger defended the state against Trump’s claim, saying during the phone call, “Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong.”
In case you missed it:
The audio of Trump demanding the Georgia secretary of state “find” enough votes so his loss to Biden can be overturned needs to be heard to be believed pic.twitter.com/jzjzwhcgDl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 3, 2021
A senior adviser to President-elect Joe Biden, Bob Bauer, slammed Trump for the remarks made during the phone call.
Bauer said in a statement, “We now have irrefutable proof of a president pressuring and threatening an official of his own party to get him to rescind a state’s lawful, certified vote count and fabricate another in is place.”
A Republican Congressmember also weighed in on the audio.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) called it “absolutely appalling” in a tweet and added, “To every member of Congress considering objecting to the election results, you cannot- in light of this- do so with a clean conscience.”
Trump previously torched Raffensperger, deeming him an “enemy of the people,” as IJR previously reported. Additionally, Raffensperger has shared how he and his family voted for Trump but “are now being thrown under the bus by him.”
