Georgia voting systems manager Gabriel Sterling is going after President Donald Trump for failing to denounce threats made against the state’s voting staff.
Sterling grew angry as he began to mention a 20-year-old tech in Georgia who “has death threats and a noose put out saying he should be hung for treason because he was transferring a report on batches from an EMS to a county computer so he could read it.”
He added, “It has to stop. Mr. President, you have not condemned these actions or this language. Senators, you have not condemned this language or these actions. This has to stop! We need you to step up—and if you’re going to take a position of leadership, show some.”
Sterling argued “all of you who have not said a damn word are complicit in this.”
He acknowledged the right an American has to challenge election results, but not at the cost of the lives of others.
“Yes, fight for every legal vote, go through your due process. We encourage you. Use your First Amendment. That’s fine. Death threats, physical threats, intimidation — it’s too much. It’s not right, they’ve lost the moral high ground to claim that it is,” Sterling said.
Check out his comments below:
Outraged Georgia election official decries threatening rhetoric against election staff: "Mr. President…senators, you have not condemned this language or these actions. This has to stop! We need you to step up—and if you're going to take a position of leadership, show some." pic.twitter.com/48hxIJn33k
— ABC News (@ABC) December 1, 2020
Sterling noted a lawyer on Trump’s re-election campaign, Joe diGenova, threatened former top U.S. cybersecurity official Chris Krebs for his election claims.
“Anybody who thinks the election went well, like that idiot Krebs who used to be the head of cybersecurity. That guy is a class A moron. He should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot,” diGenova said on “The Howie Carr Show,” as IJR previously reported.
During his “Today” interview, Krebs was asked if he would pursue legal action.
“We’re taking a look at all of our available opportunities,” Krebs said.
Georgia confirmed President-elect Joe Biden won the state less than two weeks ago, as IJR previously reported.
