Trump falsely claimed that Georgia’s
presidential election result was rigged despite several recounts in 2020
By Kehinde Okeowo
Former United States President, Donald Trump has been projected to win Georgia’s 16 electoral votes.
He flipped the swing state back to Republicans after President Joseph Biden’s landmark victory there in 2020.
The development narrows the path of his major contender and Democratic Party candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris to victory and reaffirms many conservatives’ beliefs that the Peach State is fundamentally red, despite Democrats’ inroads in recent election cycles.
Trump falsely claimed that Georgia’s election results were fraudulent after several recounts and pressured two of its most high-profile Republican leaders, Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, to “find” the votes he did not win after the 2020 presidential election.
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He was indicted in 2023 for his efforts to overturn the election results in the state.
However, in the last months of the 2024 contest, the Republican presidential candidate largely pushed aside his claims of election fraud in the state, using his more than a half-dozen visits in the final months of the race to urge his voters to cast ballots early instead of questioning the outcome of the last presidential election.
He also formed an alliance with Mr. Kemp, whose well-funded state political operation enlisted paid canvassers to knock on doors for the Republican ticket alongside a network of conservative groups.
Trump’s campaign and its allies also spent nearly $100 million on advertising in the state before Election Day.
