Trump Doubles Down On Attacks That Have Inspired Death Threats Against GOP Officials In GA

CARSON CITY, NV - OCTOBER 18: President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally on October 18, 2020 in Carson City, Nevada. With 16 days to go before the November election, President Trump is back on the campaign trail with multiple daily events as he continues to campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images)
CARSON CITY, NV - OCTOBER 18: President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally on October 18, 2020 in Carson City, Nevada. With 16 days to go before the November election, President Trump is back on the campai... CARSON CITY, NV - OCTOBER 18: President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally on October 18, 2020 in Carson City, Nevada. With 16 days to go before the November election, President Trump is back on the campaign trail with multiple daily events as he continues to campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

President Donald Trump on Tuesday night continued to perpetuate election fraud propaganda even amid concerns that the false claims had put at risk the lives of officials involved in securing the election Georgia, which has been a central target of the President’s ire amid his election loss last month. 

The President shared a post on Twitter that included comments from a voting systems implementation manager in Georgia, Gabriel Sterling, who called on the President to condemn the death threats that grew from efforts he has waged to promote claims of voter fraud. Those efforts, according to Sterling, are “inspiring acts of violence” that endanger the lives and wellbeing of key state officials, including Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, among others. 

“Mr. President, you have not condemned these actions or this language,” Sterling said on Tuesday, adding that he and the Secretary of State had received death threats amid Trump’s effort to sow discord and deny the integrity of the vote in Georgia.

Rather than back down from his attacks on the two Republican state officials, Trump doubled down with even more venom — directly mentioning the governor who he formerly endorsed — and suggesting that Kemp and Raffensperger must be “afraid” of what voter fraud would be revealed in the Peach State even after a recount of ballots in Georgia confirmed President-elect Joe Biden as the state’s winner. 

“Rigged Election. Show signatures and envelopes. Expose the massive voter fraud in Georgia. What is Secretary of State and @BrianKempGA afraid of. They know what we’ll find!!!” Trump tweeted. 

President Trump’s attacks on local officials have typically been directed at Democratic leaders. In April, the President targeted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) for measures taken in her state to combat the spread of coronavirus. Months later, Trump’s attacks on the governor were cited as potentially inciting an alleged plot to kidnap the Democratic leader that was foiled by federal authorities. 

Trump’s most recent attacks show that he is willing to extend that rage to leaders within his own party who refuse to kowtow to his election falsehoods.

“Someone is going to get hurt, someone is going to get shot, someone is going to get killed,” Sterling said on Tuesday. “And it’s not right.”

Latest News

Notable Replies

  1. This shows once more his good heart

  2. He continues to humiliate the nation. January 20th can’t get here soon enough.

  3. I can’t wait until he receives a like amount of empathy and understanding … from a jury.

  4. Avatar for jinnj jinnj says:

    Trump wants to incite a massive destabilizing event … the more the better for his purposes
    …more outrageous …more deadly … he really is at the point where he kicks over the card table & sends the gameboard flying.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

292 more replies

Participants

Avatar for paulw Avatar for pluckyinky Avatar for rollinnolan Avatar for becca656 Avatar for thebigragu Avatar for tamdai Avatar for ralph_vonholst Avatar for lastroth Avatar for gr Avatar for stradivarius50t3 Avatar for darrtown Avatar for tribalogical Avatar for thunderclapnewman Avatar for tena Avatar for jinnj Avatar for tsp Avatar for castor_troy Avatar for greysea Avatar for joce_m Avatar for evave2 Avatar for zillacop Avatar for m_00_m Avatar for rucleare Avatar for emiliano4

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: