Georgia election official: Trump will be responsible if Perdue, Loeffler lose

Source: The Hill | January 5, 2021 | Julia Manchester

Georgia voting systems manager Gabriel Sterling said Tuesday that President Trump will be responsible if Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue lose their Senate runoff races.

“It will fall squarely on the shoulders of President Trump and his actions since Nov. 3,” Sterling, a Republican, told CNN’s Amara Walker. 

“When you tell people, your vote doesn’t count and has been stolen, and people start to believe that, then you go to the two senators and ask the secretary of state to resign and trigger a civil war in the Republican Party when we need to unite, all of that stems with his decisionmaking since the Nov. 3 election,” he continued. 

Sterling has been one of Trump’s fiercest Republican critics in the Peach State, frequently challenging the president’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. 

Georgia’s Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) also voiced worries about the impact Trump’s claims could have on GOP turnout, telling ABC News on Tuesday that he’s “absolutely” concerned that the president’s comments could depress the party’s turnout in the runoff. 

“Unfortunately, too many folks in our party over the last two months have been talking about misinformation, election fraud and creating a distraction,” Duncan said. 

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