Merrill: Trump's Georgia Call 'An Unthinkable Act In America'

Connecticut Public Radio | By Lori Mack

Published January 4, 2021 at 4:14 PM EST

President Donald Trump has been heard on tape asking Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state. Trump suggested in a telephone call Saturday that the official find enough votes to hand Trump the victory. That conversation was the latest step in what’s being called an unprecedented effort by a sitting American president to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost. To get some insight and reaction to this latest development, Connecticut Public Radio’s Morning Edition host Lori Mack spoke with Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill.

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