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sabra

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 05:33 PM Jan 2021

Georgia GOP Election Official Goes Off on Trump's 'Easily, Provably False' Fraud Claims [View all]

Source: The Daily Beast

A top Republican elections official in Georgia held a press conference on Monday to push back on what he characterized as rampant disinformation spread by President Donald Trump and his allies in their efforts to overturn the results of the state’s presidential contest in November.

“This is all easily, provably, false. Yet the president persists,” said Gabriel Sterling, Georgia’s voting system implementation manager. “And by doing so undermines Georgians’ faith in the election system.”

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Asked about the call on Monday, Sterling said he “found it to be something not normal, out of place, and nobody I know who would be president would do something like that to a secretary of state.”

Standing next to a large placard reading “CLAIM VS FACT,” Sterling sought to individually debunk an array of conspiracy theories floated since Election Day by Trump, his campaign, his legal team, and his allies in Republican politics and conservative media. He specifically addressed some of Trump’s more bizarre claims during his phone call with Raffensperger.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gabriel-sterling-georgia-gop-election-official-goes-off-on-trumps-provably-false-fraud-claims?via=twitter_page

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