Trump's infamous Georgia call

Trump's bullying, threatening call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is obviously major news from Sunday. The full audio is here: Audio: Here's the full transcript and audio of the call between Trump and Raffenperger Washington Post 01/03/2021.

Allie Bice reports on it in Trump’s pressure on Georgia election officials raises legal questions Politico 01/03/2021.

I just listened to the whole interview. It obviously shows that Trump is a cheap thug. (Gosh! Who knew?) Any Republicans serving in Congress who are actually serious about their oath to support the Constitution should be in front of the TV cameras on Monday demanding an immediate new impeachment and a 25th Amendment removal process by the Vice President and criminal referrals to the Justice Department against Trump.

I'll preface this with the automatic disclaimer for the next four years of, "Yes, Biden and Harris are not-as-bad-as-Trump." But on the Democratic side, today would also be a good day for the President-elect to publicly "embarrass" everyone involved in this clown coup including Republican Senators participating.

Kamala Harris came out late Sunday and said the call was an "bald, bald-faced, bold abuse of power" by Trump, but not calling it a crime or sedition or anything that might "embarrass" the Trumpistas.

.@KamalaHarris on Trump’s call pressuring Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to flip the Georgia election: "It was a bald-faced, bold abuse of power by the president of the United States." #gapol pic.twitter.com/JAwvzfzhUN

— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) January 3, 2021

Republicans admire abuse of power by Their Side. They think it's "bold", too, and they love it! I don't believe the Republicans in Congress or Republican base voters will see Harris' comment as anything but a gesture of weakness.

Biden himself really needs to address this directly. Today. And with a standalone statement, not a throwaway line in a campaign speech like Harris yesterday.

My own Congresswoman made her position clear:

A mobster would say “find me the votes I need” to win. Oh, forgive me, that’s our President saying that. He is asking an elected official to commit a crime. Why aren’t more people screaming about this corrupt act?

— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) January 4, 2021

Further reports:

Greg Bluestein, Trump demands Georgia elections official overturn his defeat in hourlong call Atlanta Journal-Constitution 01/03/2021

Tia Mitchell, Democrats denounce Trump’s call to Raffensperger as criminal, GOP mostly silent Atlanta Journal-Constitution 01/03/2021. Actually, the only Democrat they quote using the word "criminal" in regard to it is ... Democratic Senate Whip Dick Durbin! About the last Senator I would have expected to say that!

Stephen Collinson, Trump's bid to steal Georgia exposes GOP election ruse CNN 01/04/2021

John Bowden, Trump asked Georgia secretary of state to 'find' 11.7k ballots, recalculate election result The Hill 01/03/2021

Nathan Layne, Georgia election guardian Raffensperger faces heat as Trump contests defeat Reuters 01/04/2021

Martin Pengelly in New York and Richard Luscombe, 'I just want 11,780 votes': Trump pressed Georgia to overturn Biden victory Guardian 01/03/2021