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To: President Trump & U.S. Congress
Stop Trump’s last-ditch attack on our democracy
Newly released audio shows President Trump pressured Georgia’s top election official to “find 11,780 votes” for him -- enough to steal the state’s Electoral College votes for himself. This comes as over 100 GOP members of Congress are expected to contest the Electoral College vote that made Joe Biden our President-elect.
These eleventh-hour attempts to undermine our democracy and overturn the will of the voters are outrageous. The 2020 election was free and fair -- and now, it’s time for all of us to move forward with a peaceful and seamless transition of power.
Why is this important?
“So look, all I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes.” [1]
The Washington Post just released shocking audio where Donald Trump makes this demand of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Throughout their hour-long phone call, Trump repeatedly bullied, coerced, and even threatened Raffensperger -- demanding that the state’s election results be overturned.
This dangerous behavior puts the core of our democracy in jeopardy. Trump’s repeated lies about the election and blatant efforts to subvert the will of the people won’t keep him in the White House -- but they’ll do lasting damage to Americans’ faith in our political system.
And worse yet -- instead of rejecting Trump’s outrageous attempts to tamper with the election, many GOP members of Congress are falling in line with his shameful scheme.
That’s right: over 100 Republicans in the House and at least a dozen Republican senators plan to back Trump up -- by contesting the Electoral College results when Congress counts them.
Their grandstanding can’t change the fact that Joe Biden will be our next president. But it’ll add dangerous uncertainty to a transition of power that has already been fraught with chaos.
It’s well past time for this country to move forward. After overcoming immense obstacles to cast their ballots during a global pandemic, the voters picked Joe Biden to be the next President of the United States. We need to speak up together for free and fair elections -- and against any efforts to sow chaos, undermine democracy, or interfere with the peaceful transfer of power.
If you agree, please join us in condemning Trump and his Republican enablers’ last-minute attacks on our democracy by adding your name.