Trump has been throwing out blatant conspiracy theories about the election in Georgia for several days after losing – a state that passed from Trump in 2016 to Biden. The state ratified its election results three times under Raffensperger’s leadership and found no fraud against mass voters.
In one of the most striking moments of the call, obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post, Trump said, “I just want to find 11,780 votes” – one more than he lost – and several areas proposed. where Biden’s total can decrease.
Here’s a look at the facts.
Trump claims in the call that 5,000 dead people voted in Georgia.
“The other thing, dead people,” Trump said. “So dead people voted, and I think the number is about 5,000 people. And they went to death notices. They went to all sorts of ways to come up with an accurate number, and a minimum is about 5,000 voters. ”
Facts first: There is no evidence that a large number of dead in Georgia’s ballots are on their name. Raffensperger responded to Trump on the call that they had found two votes in the name of dead people, not 5,000.
CNN had earlier dismissed three specific Trump campaigns from false allegations of dead people believed to be voting in Georgia, appearing to have benevolent statements like a living voter sharing a name with a dead voter. We also scrapped similar demands in Michigan and Pennsylvania identified by the Trump campaign and its allies.
Mystery ballots fall?
Trump has claimed that hundreds, or hundreds of thousands, of ballots have been “dropped” in Georgia.
“We have at least 2 or 3 – 250 to 300,000 ballot papers mysteriously put in the rolls,” Trump said.
Facts first: Untrue. There was no giant mysterious ballot in Georgia.
What Trump is potentially referring to when he complains about big ballots or spills in various swing states, votes are counted and reported after midnight on election day, which is completely legal. Especially this year, many states expected delays with the votes, given the large increase in ballot papers and the rules of the various states over the timeline for counting them.
In support of his claim, Trump cited one alleged example of Georgia voting workers pulling votes under a table without the presence of voting guards or law enforcers. However, state and provincial officials determined that the conduct of the polls was part of the normal process, not fraud, after reviewing the footage of the poll in question. You can read a longer fact check here.
Dominion Voting Machine Fraud?
In the call, Trump raised a rumor that there were clipped ballots in Fulton County, which includes most of Atlanta, and that voting machines had been slyly removed there.
Trump asked if it was possible “for Dominion to take out machines. That Dominion is moving really fast to get rid of their machinery” and asked if the company “moved the inner parts of the machines and replaced them with other parts.”
He also said ‘we think we have found huge corruption with the Dominion voting machines.’
Trump’s questions represent a long line of wild conspiracy theories – which discouraged CNN – surrounding Dominion Voting Systems of the president’s allies, some of which even involve false proposals of secret, communist conspiracies and distant votes.
Facts first: Trump’s claims on the Dominion voting machines are false.
Raffensperger’s general counsel, Ryan Germany, told Trump during the call that there was no evidence that Dominion voting machines were being removed or spare parts replaced.
Germany told Trump that “No, Dominion has not moved any machinery out of Fulton County.”
Germany also said parts of the machines had not been replaced.
“Are you sure, Ryan?” Asked Trump.
“I know for sure. Mr. President. ‘
Furthermore, the Trump administration’s own election security arm issued a statement on November 12, saying, “there is no evidence that any voting system removed votes, changed votes, or was endangered in any way.”
Signatures
Trump has repeatedly claimed that a signature audit of the absent ballot papers in Georgia would be uncovered.
massive voter fraud.”
On the call, he paid particular attention to one Georgia province: the Fulton County Democratic Fortress.
Trump said: “We think that if you check the signatures – a real check of the signatures going back in Fulton County – you will find at least a few hundred thousand forged signatures of people who have been forged.”
Facts first: It is false to indicate that a “proper check” of the signatures has not yet been done. Signature adjustment has already been done – twice, in many cases. Furthermore, Trump is wrong in suggesting that a few hundred thousand “ballot papers, forged or otherwise, can be found in the country if less than 150 000 there were even ballots put out there.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation audited more than 15,000 signatures in Cobb County and found no fraudulent ballots.
