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Trump and RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel pressured Detroit officials not to certify 2020 vote: report
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0:46Now PlayingFormer President Donald Trump and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tried to pressure Detroit election officials not to sign off on the certification of Michigan’s 2020 election results, according to a report.
“We’ve got to fight for our country,” Trump reportedly told two officials with the Wayne County Board of Canvassers on Nov. 17, 2020, according to a recording reviewed by the Detroit News. “We can’t let these people take our country away from us.”
He also told the pair, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, that it would be a “terrible” look for them to sign off on the state’s election results after previously voting in opposition to certifying them during the call. The two Republican members of Wayne County’s canvassers board later voted to certify the 2020 vote results.
McDaniel, who was also on the call, suggested that both Palmer and Hartmann would be offered legal representation, presumably by the RNC, if they decided not to sign the certification document.
“If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. … We will get you attorneys,” she reportedly said.
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