How Trump Bullied GOP Reps And Election Officials

Politico reports:

Over the next month,the president would conduct a sweeping campaign to personally cajole Republican Party leaders across the country to reject the will of the voters and hand him the election.

In his appeals, he used specious and false claims of widespread voter fraud, leaning on baseless allegations that corrupt Democrats had conspired at every level to steal a presidential election.

In total, the president talked to at least 31 Republicans, encompassing mostly local and state officials from four critical battleground states he lost — Michigan, Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

Read the full article. As you’ll see, Trump also personally pressured multiple US House members and at least three incoming GOP Senators.

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