The Growing Backlash Against Trump's Efforts To Subvert The Election
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🗓️ 20 November 2020
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Sue Gordon, former deputy director of national intelligence, tells NPR if this were happening in another country, "we would say democracy was teetering on the edge."
And Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, tells NPR he was pressured by Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to reject certain absentee ballots.
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| 0:00.0 | Here's one reaction to the events of this week. |
| 0:03.7 | This may be the single most open-minded show on television. |
| 0:07.3 | We literally do a UFO segment. |
| 0:10.1 | Fox News host Tucker Carlson said his staff had asked the Trump campaign to present evidence |
| 0:15.1 | to back up the president's claims about widespread voter fraud. |
| 0:19.2 | But a Trump campaign lawyer named Sidney Powell refused to provide any. |
| 0:23.9 | When we kept pressing, she got angry and told us to stop contacting her. |
| 0:27.7 | When we checked with others around the Trump campaign, people in positions of authority |
| 0:31.1 | they told us, Powell has never given them any evidence either. |
| 0:34.7 | That was Thursday. |
| 0:35.7 | We're telling you this because it's true. |
| 0:39.0 | And in the end that's all that matters. |
| 0:40.7 | The truth. |
| 0:41.7 | Also on Thursday, another notable reaction to this week came from Republican Senator Mitt |
| 0:46.6 | Romney. |
| 0:47.6 | He said in a statement, quote, the president has now resorted to avert pressure on state |
| 0:52.8 | and local officials to subvert the will of the people and overturn the election. |
| 0:59.0 | It is difficult to imagine a worse, more undemocratic action by a sitting American president. |
| 1:05.4 | If I were briefing the president on this, at this moment in time, I would say stop it. |
| 1:10.6 | Sue Gordon has briefed presidents, including the current one. |
| 1:13.9 | Until last year, she was the number two official in the office of the director of national intelligence. |
| 1:18.9 | She told NPR, if this were happening in any other country, if it were a purported democracy, |
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