this is a governor who for the last four years has beat his but he continues to write, chest but delivered very little backed off that effort after no for most georgians. state legislature convened to joining us from atlanta, certify so-called alternative sahil kapur. you re reporting on two very different strategies being used electors and began criticizing by stacey abrams in that plans by ted cruz and josh governor s race versus raphael hawley, quote, i have great warnock in the senate race, both concerns about the way my friend statewide races, of course. ted is going about this effort. why are they running so mr. lee ultimately voted to confirm mr. biden s victory. differently? reporter: hello from atlanta, willie. this is the million-dollar question for democrats how do so both of them have actually they win statewide in a place have a point there. mike lee did entertain john like georgia? what is the right strategy to do eastman s scheme to steal the so, particularly w
happened with recounts in critical swing states they don t fight several they felt that if they flip for trump, trump could win the election. and they re a couple of avenues that this could take, most importantly they fill but they could submit the slates of alternative electors and circumstances by which these electors would actually be submitted later on. so we should just be clear here that there is a key distinction, which is that in 1960, that hawaii recount was actually super close really, really. close, exactly like one of those florida situations, right? florida in 2000. and that it was not yet completed. so there was this genuine uncertainty that hangs over the whole process. in this case, that s just not the case in these states. particularly in a place like michigan. it was a huge margin in michigan. but, you know, by the when you re talking about close
identify several they felt that if they flip for trump, trump could win the election. and they re a couple of avenues that this could take, most importantly they feel they could submit the slates of alternative electors and circumstances by which these electors would actually be submitted later on. so we should just be clear here that there is a key distinction, which is that in 1960, that hawaii recount was actually super close really, really. close, exactly like one of those florida situations, right? florida in 2000. and that it was not yet completed. so there was this genuine uncertainty that hangs over the whole process. in this case, that s just not the case in these states. particularly in a place like michigan. it was a huge margin in michigan. but, you know, by the when you re talking about close states, tens of thousands of votes. right, and of course, what was happening is that, you saw trump s allies using a variety of methods to try to get those states to recount
to him, did he call up the military? did they take the machines? no. they take all of the personnel at dhs and take drop boxes? no. did he appoint a special counsel to oversee the investigations? no. did he fire the acting attorney general or deputy attorney general? no. he didn t do anything! well, he spoke to a governor, he spoke to a state legislature. he suggests that they send alternative electors. it you re allowed to do that. that s the politics, that s the process. that s how it works. he suggested that the state legislatures may want to take matters into their own hands. right, under article 2 of the constitution, it says exactly that, and in 2000 when we had a rogue supreme court in florida, that s what the florida legislature was doing. but we have a corrupt, politically crooked attorney general, corrupt, politically crooked u.s. attorney. how do we know? the coburn nine are running
regardless of what people said to him, did he call up the military? did they take the machines? no. they take all of the personnel at dhs and take drop boxes? no. did he appoint a special counsel to oversee the investigations? no. did he fire the acting attorney general or deputy attorney general? no. he didn t do anything! well, he spoke to a governor, he spoke to a state legislature. he suggests that they send alternative electors. it you re allowed to do that. that s the politics, that s the process. that s how it works. he suggested that the state legislatures may want to take matters into their own hands. right, under article 2 of the constitution, it says exactly that, and in 2000 when we had a rogue supreme court in florida, that s what the florida legislature was doing. but we have a corrupt, politically crooked attorney general, corrupt, politically crooked u.s. attorney. how do we know? the coburn nine are running