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Impeach Him Again
Trump didn’t learn. The remedy is clear.
I’m rarely surprised anymore, especially when it comes to the president. But even this is pretty brutal.
“I just want to find 11,780 votes,” President Trump told Georgia election officials in a taped conversation, released by The Washington Post. “So what are we going to do here, folks? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break,” he later added.
Yes, “find” votes. And just how many votes? The precise amount of votes that would secure Trump’s victory in the state.
If that wasn’t flagrant enough, Trump doubles down by not-so-vaguely threatening Brad Raffensperger, the Georgian Secretary of State.
As Amy Gardner, who broke the story, notes,
“During their conversation, Trump issued a vague threat to both Raffensperger and Ryan Germany, the secretary of state’s general counsel, suggesting that if they don’t find that thousands of ballots in Fulton County have been illegally destroyed to block investigators — an allegation for which there is no evidence — they would be subject to criminal liability.
‘That’s a criminal offense,’ he said. ‘And you can’t let that happen. That’s a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer.’
