Trump Georgia call divides House GOP
By Scott Wong and Juliegrace Brufke - 01/04/21 02:17 PM EST
The bombshell audio recording of President Trump pressuring a top Georgia official to find 11,000 votes to overturn the election has fractured the House GOP conference, with some lawmakers calling Trump’s words highly inappropriate and others fiercely defending the lame-duck president.
Sunday’s report and hourlong audio recording posted by the Washington Post is sparking chaos and confusion in the Republican Party ahead of a pair of runoff Senate elections on Tuesday and is complicating a long-shot push by Trump’s congressional allies this week to reject the Electoral College votes that handed Joe Biden the White House.
“I think that [the call] was deeply troubling, and I think everybody ought to listen to the full hour of it,†House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (Wyo.), the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress, told reporters Monday.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) stated that the president’s remarks to find votes was flat-out “wrong,†adding that he believes the results of the election need to be accepted.
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