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Records show pressure by Trump, allies on Arizona officials [#fakenews]
Associated Press ^ | July 3, 2021

Posted on 07/03/2021 10:35:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Newly released records show the top Republicans in Arizona’s largest county dodged calls from Donald Trump and his allies in the aftermath of the 2020 election, as the then-president sought to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in key battleground states.

The records — including voicemails and text messages — shed light on another state where Trump, his attorneys and others mounted a behind-the-scenes pressure campaign on Republican officials overseeing elections. Days before Congress certified Biden’s win on Jan. 6, Trump pressed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find enough votes to overturn Biden’s win there.

Trump tried to reach Clint Hickman, then the chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, on Jan. 3, shortly before midnight in Washington and hours after news broke of Trump’s call with Raffensperger.

“Hello, sir. This is the White House operator I was calling to let you know that the president’s available to take your call if you’re free,” the White House operator said in a voicemail. “If you could please give us a call back, sir, that’d be great. You have a good evening.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
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Wow, phone calls again. Perfect phone calls, to paraphrase Trump. Nobody’s fooled, just like nobody was fooled during the first “impeachment”.
1 posted on 07/03/2021 10:35:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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dodged calls from Donald Trump and his allies in the aftermath of the 2020 election, as the then-president sought to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in key battleground states.

If the calls were dodged, how do they know what the calls were for?

2 posted on 07/03/2021 10:37:10 AM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (F*ck Joe Biden!)
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The terrorist-Associated Press weighs in...


3 posted on 07/03/2021 10:37:24 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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If the calls were dodged, how do they know what the calls were for?

Telepathy.

At ApePee, they know what we're thinking.

4 posted on 07/03/2021 10:38:31 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

The same way the “impeachment managers” knew what Trump’s phone call to Zelensky was for, of course.


5 posted on 07/03/2021 10:38:40 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Even if they knew about the nature if the calls so what? If there were problems who would complain, the aggrieved party certainly not the democrats. In court it’s called standing. Oh right , depends on the court. F SCOTUS.


6 posted on 07/03/2021 10:42:14 AM PDT by dblshot
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And what kinds of calls came from the Soros and Dominion and DNC bosses making sure the elections were fixed and corrupt?
All the many stories of ballot tampering, machines favoring Dems in counting, more Dem votes tallied than he total people in the area and so on. Many in the hundreds of thousands counting key states together. Asking if late night van arrivals could be counted in totals without news media being there.

How about those phone calls?


7 posted on 07/03/2021 10:42:57 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Is this on the same level of criminality as say . . . telling the Ukraine to fire a prosecutor investigating your sons shady dealings OR the US will be withholding aid money (in the millions)? Asking for a friend.


8 posted on 07/03/2021 10:45:36 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm having Uncle Toms Rice. It's like Uncle Bens but just a bit more racis'.)
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Newly released records show the top Republicans in Arizona’s largest county............wrong


Newly released records show the top Assistant Democrats in Arizona’s largest county ............ Fixed it


9 posted on 07/03/2021 10:47:52 AM PDT by qaz123
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Days before Congress certified Biden’s win on Jan. 6, Trump pressed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find enough votes to overturn Biden’s win there.

Even when they have been discredited, the Democrat mouthpieces such as the Associated Press continue to lie.

10 posted on 07/03/2021 10:50:51 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (White privilege will NOT get you a job in IT)
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These lying ApePee newspuppets are so ashamed of their own lies that they published this pile of rotting dogsqueezins anonymously...


11 posted on 07/03/2021 10:58:25 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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Here it comes folks, the coordinated wailing and gnashing of teeth.


12 posted on 07/03/2021 10:59:53 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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And what kinds of calls came from the Soros and Dominion and DNC bosses making sure the elections were fixed and corrupt?

All the many stories of ballot tampering, machines favoring Dems in counting, more Dem votes tallied than he total people in the area and so on. Many in the hundreds of thousands counting key states together. Asking if late night van arrivals could be counted in totals without news media being there.

How about those phone calls?

Questions about the "election" are a one-way street for the Democrat media...

13 posted on 07/03/2021 11:00:02 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: VeniVidiVici

The sad thing is that the lies continue and nobody calls them out on their continued lies.


14 posted on 07/03/2021 11:00:46 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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So, Trump people called Arizona officials to complain about the obvious fraud in the election? I hope so.

Just another #orangemanbad mainstream media story.


15 posted on 07/03/2021 11:00:48 AM PDT by cdcdawg (It's all so tiresome.)
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This is idiotic. Trump had every right — and good reason — to urge Arizona Republicans to do what they could to ensure the results were fair and correct. He’d be derelict if he didn’t.


16 posted on 07/03/2021 11:07:56 AM PDT by Magnatron
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Trump pressed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find enough votes to overturn Biden’s win there.

Absolute bull shit. They are retreading old stories. I heard a tape of the call at the time. The AP is yet again taking things out of context and pushing their eff'n Marxist agenda. Time to take to the media. It needs to get ugly.

17 posted on 07/03/2021 11:08:31 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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Days before Congress certified Biden’s win on Jan. 6, Trump pressed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find enough votes to overturn Biden’s win there.

Liars.

18 posted on 07/03/2021 11:34:05 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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Desperation time...

AP has to brew up some anti-Trump venom for CNN, MSNBC, etc. to use as a basis for news reporting on the AUDIT...


19 posted on 07/03/2021 11:51:24 AM PDT by MCEscherHammer
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To: Olog-hai

It is racist to demand an honest election.


20 posted on 07/03/2021 11:59:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Tse-tung)
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