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Trump claims on Twitter that brother of 'disastrous' Georgia Secretary of State is working for China (except he doesn't have a brother)
PUBLISHED: 09:44 GMT, 30 December 2020
President Donald Trump has claimed that the brother of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is working for China - despite the fact that the Republican politician does not have a brother.
The president's claim came during a bizarre late night twitter rant in which he called the Secretary of State and Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp 'a complete disaster' for not supporting the Trump administration's efforts to overturn the election result.
'I love the Great State of Georgia, but the people who run it, from the Governor, @BrianKempGA, to the Secretary of State, are a complete disaster and don't have a clue, or worse. Nobody can be this stupid. Just allow us to find the crime, and turn the state Republican...' the president tweeted.
His attention then turned to Raffensperger. 'Now it turns out that Brad R's brother works for China,' he wrote, 'and they definitely don't want "Trump". So disgusting!'
However, commentators and conspiracy theory de-bunkers were quick to point out that Ron Raffensperger - who is the CTO for a subsidiary of the Huawei conglomerate - is not actually related to the Secretary of State.
Trump's tweets followed the announcement - made by Brad Raffensperger on Tuesday evening - that a ballot signature match audit in Cobb County found 'no fraudulent absentee ballots,' and confirmed the 'original outcome' of the November 2020 presidential race.
In a surprise result in the 2020 election, Georgia swung in favour of now-President-elect Joe Biden, who will assume office on January 20 when he is inaugurated.
But since the election, the Trump administration and supporting Republicans have been making attempts to overturn the result in Georgia and other swing states.
In last-ditch attempts to win the incumbent a second term, they have been making unfounded claims of voter fraud that have been roundly rebutted by the courts.
Trump's latest series of tweets on Tuesday saw the President once again calling for the result in the state to be overturned, but it was the attack on Raffensperger that drew the most attention.
As reported by the Daily Beast, the conspiracy theory about Ben Raffensperger's 'brother' was so outlandish that even the far-right website Gateway Pundit recently deleted an article that made the same claim.
www.dailymail.co.uk
- Ron Raffensperger, who works for Huawei, is not related to Secretary of State
- Trump called Ben Raffensperger and Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp 'disaster'
- The president called for Georgia election results to be overturned on Tuesday
- His twitter rant came after Ben Raffensperger announced a ballot signature match audit in Cobb County found 'no fraudulent absentee ballots'
PUBLISHED: 09:44 GMT, 30 December 2020
President Donald Trump has claimed that the brother of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is working for China - despite the fact that the Republican politician does not have a brother.
The president's claim came during a bizarre late night twitter rant in which he called the Secretary of State and Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp 'a complete disaster' for not supporting the Trump administration's efforts to overturn the election result.
'I love the Great State of Georgia, but the people who run it, from the Governor, @BrianKempGA, to the Secretary of State, are a complete disaster and don't have a clue, or worse. Nobody can be this stupid. Just allow us to find the crime, and turn the state Republican...' the president tweeted.
His attention then turned to Raffensperger. 'Now it turns out that Brad R's brother works for China,' he wrote, 'and they definitely don't want "Trump". So disgusting!'
However, commentators and conspiracy theory de-bunkers were quick to point out that Ron Raffensperger - who is the CTO for a subsidiary of the Huawei conglomerate - is not actually related to the Secretary of State.
Trump's tweets followed the announcement - made by Brad Raffensperger on Tuesday evening - that a ballot signature match audit in Cobb County found 'no fraudulent absentee ballots,' and confirmed the 'original outcome' of the November 2020 presidential race.
In a surprise result in the 2020 election, Georgia swung in favour of now-President-elect Joe Biden, who will assume office on January 20 when he is inaugurated.
But since the election, the Trump administration and supporting Republicans have been making attempts to overturn the result in Georgia and other swing states.
In last-ditch attempts to win the incumbent a second term, they have been making unfounded claims of voter fraud that have been roundly rebutted by the courts.
Trump's latest series of tweets on Tuesday saw the President once again calling for the result in the state to be overturned, but it was the attack on Raffensperger that drew the most attention.
As reported by the Daily Beast, the conspiracy theory about Ben Raffensperger's 'brother' was so outlandish that even the far-right website Gateway Pundit recently deleted an article that made the same claim.
Trump claims Brad Raffensperger's 'brother' is working for China
Commentators were quick to point out that Ron Raffensperger - who is the CTO for a subsidiary of the Chinese firm Huawei - is not actually related to Georgia's Secretary of State.
