According to a report by the US “Capitol Hill” on the 18th, the Secretary of State of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger (Brad Raffensperger) said that due to the state’s ongoing recount of the US presidential election, his wife Received threatening text messages containing personal threats to Ravensperger and his wife.
U.S. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Ravensperger Source: Associated Press
Ravensperger said that these text messages are from members of the Republican Party. One text message read: “You better not mess up this recount. Your life depends on it.” Another text message said, “Your husband should face the firing squad.” The third text message read: “ The Ravenspergers should be tried for treason and sentenced to death."
On November 7, when Biden won 20 electoral votes in Pennsylvania, a number of US media announced that he was expected to be in the presidential election. winner. Last week, Biden won Georgia with a lead of less than 1%, but such a weak advantage made the state announce that it will manually recount the votes.
is manually recounting the vote in Georgia. Source: Associated Press
Although mainstream American media expected Biden to win, Trump refused to admit defeat and initiated legal proceedings in Georgia and other states to challenge the election results. Trump, his campaign team and his allies argued that mailing votes caused widespread "election fraud."
Ravensperger said that he was under pressure from the Republican Party in handling the vote counting in the 2020 election. Because the results of the election were questioned, the top election affairs official in Georgia refused to accuse Trump, but Ravensperger said in an interview with The Capitol that Georgia Republican Congressman Doug Collins and others Republican politicians have created a dangerous environment, including threats of violence, because he disputed Trump's claim that there is systemic "election fraud."
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Ravensperger said, “Some people are really angry and they are irritated. Politicians from both parties should not play with people’s emotions. Encouraging people is one thing. I understand this. But inciting people’s emotions and playing with emotions is an improper behavior. They should be adults and start acting with integrity."
Ravensperger announced the state last Wednesday (November 11) Recount the votes. Although it was discovered during the recount that some votes were not counted before, Ravensperger said that the results of the manual recount were basically the same as the results of the computer count, and Biden expected to win in the state. Biden currently leads Trump in the state by less than 13,000 votes.
