What did Donald Trump claim about elections on 2 Jan 2021? "So, dead people voted. And I think the--the number is close…"
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
So, dead people voted. And I think the--the number is close to 5,000 people. And they went to obituaries. They went to all sorts of methods to come up with an accurate number. And a minimum is close to about 5,000 voters.
Not 5,000. Georgia's Secretary of State found four dead people had cast ballots in the 2020 election.
Georgia's Secretary of State found that four dead people had cast ballots in the 2020 election, not 5,000 (Brad Raffensperger, sworn testimony to the House January 6th Committee, June 21, 2022).
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- Recorded phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
The record
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