- cross-posted to:
- politics@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- politics@beehaw.org
Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed by The Detroit News and revealed publicly for the first time.
On a Nov. 17, 2020, phone call, which also involved Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Trump told Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the two GOP Wayne County canvassers, they’d look “terrible” if they signed the documents after they first voted in opposition and then later in the same meeting voted to approve certification of the county’s election results, according to the recordings.
“We’ve got to fight for our country,” said Trump on the recordings, made by a person who was present for the call with Palmer and Hartmann. “We can’t let these people take our country away from us.”
McDaniel, a Michigan native and the leader of the Republican Party nationally, said at another point in the call, “If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. … We will get you attorneys.”
These people. Our country. “Us.” It’s not a dog whistle, it’s a bullhorn. If you aren’t a white, christian male they don’t even acknowledge you as a citizen of this country. They are the “real” Americans and the rest of us are just guests. Guests that they want to evict.
I’ve got nothing more to add but to exhort all of you to vote next year.
Also, usually, if you’re white but not Christian, you’re not white to them. Hence Elon agreeing with a tweet saying that Jews are destroying white people.