The Washington Post reports:
President Trump called the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives twice during the past week to make an extraordinary request for help reversing his loss in the state, reflecting a broadening pressure campaign by the president and his allies to try to subvert the 2020 election result.
The calls, confirmed by House Speaker Bryan Cutler’s office, make Pennsylvania the third state where Trump has directly attempted to overturn a result since he lost the election to former vice president Joe Biden.
Protesters chanting “Stop the steal,” some with firearms, demonstrated over the weekend at the homes of Cutler in Pennsylvania and the Democratic secretary of state in Michigan.
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?NEW: Trump called Pennsylvania’s Speaker of the House *twice* to seek his help reversing his election loss.
Trump is abusing the courts, pressuring public officials and using incendiary rhetoric to undermine democracy and subvert the will of the people.https://t.co/HKJLDGStQ0
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) December 8, 2020
After Trump’s pressure campaign…
State Rep. Bryan Cutler signed this letter to Congress asking them to “object, and vote to sustain such objection, to the Electoral College votes received from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the Joint Session of Congress on 1/6/21.” pic.twitter.com/jSRAjRIdUe
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) December 8, 2020