Trump Tried 18 Times To Get Ahold Of GA Sec Of State Before Bullying Him In Irate Call | Talking Points Memo

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Bigly, indeed.

Hellbent on trying to delegitimize American democracy, President Trump reportedly made 18 attempts to get Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on the phone, before the now infamous unhinged phone call on Saturday where he attempted to bully the battleground state’s top elections official into overturning the election results.

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New phone…who is this?

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It’s funny how the phone spammers never give up…

Did Fat Nixon also try to sell them extended car warranties?

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THAT’S why you get one of those fancy phones that can do special ring tones based on the caller.

The asslicker in AZ used “Hail To The Chief”. I’d suggest that folks in Georgia use “Fat Guy Tuba”.

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If only he’d lined up the Jerky Boys to answer the call.

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18 ignored calls. About average for an ex.

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He tried to call 18 times?!?!!!?!! That’s hilarious!!! I gotta give Raffensperger a lot of credit for trying to avoid the orange menace! :clap::clap::clap:

Having said that, though, let’s just keep in mind—before we nominate him for sainthood—Raffensberger voted for Trump. A vote that he might be regretting by now, I think…

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Still over two weeks to go! Got tired of burping popcorn into my mask long ago.

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Isn’t over 10 calls, or attempts at calling, considered stalking? How are the stalking laws in GA?

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Raffy should compare notes with Stormy…

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Or did they just start speaking in Chinese?

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“Secretary Raffensperger, the President is calling on line one.”

Who?

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Or…maybe offer a special to Marriot. I get a lot of those calls.

AND calls saying they are from Amazon

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The beatings will continue until morale improves.

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Stormy: So, which magazine did YOU spank him with?

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“NBC also reported that during Trump’s unhinged call with Raffensperger, officials within the Georgia secretary of state’s office recorded the call.”

Alexander Butterfield: (Face palms)

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18 calls. Reminds me of this classic:

ETA: watching this made me want an egg salad sandwich

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“Raffensperger added that when he and his general counsel Ryan Germany took the call with Trump on Saturday, the President “did most of the talking” while they “did most of the listening.”

I wonder if Trump asked if counsel Ryan Germany knows Angela Merkel because if he does she’s “very weak”.

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