So said Gabriel Sterling, manager of the voting systems in Georgia President Trump
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“It will fall directly on President Trump’s shoulders and his actions since November 3,” Sterling, a Republican, told CNN’s Amara Walker.
“If you tell people that your vote doesn’t count and has been stolen, and people start to believe that, go to the two senators and ask the secretary of state to step down and start a civil war in the Republican Party. his decision-making since the November 3 elections, ”he continued.
Sterling was one of the fiercest Republican critics of Trump in the state of Peach and regularly challenged the president’s baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud.
Georgian Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan (R) also expressed concerns about the impact Trump’s claims could have on the rise of the GOP, ABC News telling Tuesday that he is “absolutely” concerned that the president’s comments could weigh on the party’s turnout in the second round.
“Unfortunately, too many in our party have been talking about misinformation, electoral fraud and creating distractions in the past two months,” Duncan said.
At a press conference Monday on Monday, Sterling debunked point by point some of Trump’s voter fraud claims and urged voters to have confidence in the state’s electoral process.
“Given the nature of the statements made by the president and several other people who previously agreed with him … we ask you specifically and tell you, come out tomorrow and vote,” he said.
Sterling’s comments followed the release of audio from a telephone conversation with Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), in which President Raffensperger ordered to “find” more votes in the presidential election to benefit the state. . Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate in decades to be won by Georgia, giving Democrats hope for the two second races.