Georgia’s Raffensperger calls ‘illegal Haitian’ video ‘clearly fallacious’
Georgia Secretary of Inform Brad Raffensperger testifies as the Dwelling make a choice committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol holds a public listening to to chat about its findings of a year-lengthy investigation in Washington, D.C., in 2022. File Photograph by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photograph Nov. 1 (UPI) — The
Georgia Secretary of Inform Brad Raffensperger testifies as the Dwelling make a choice committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol holds a public listening to to chat about its findings of a year-lengthy investigation in Washington, D.C., in 2022. File Photograph by Tasos Katopodis/UPI | License Photograph
Nov. 1 (UPI) — The Georgia secretary of recount acknowledged Thursday that a post spreading on social media claiming “illegal Haitians” are being flown into the United States to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in his recount is fallacious.
Georgia Secretary of Inform Brad Raffensperger acknowledged the claim, circulating in a video on social media, is “clearly fallacious,” and doubtlessly a made of international interference “attempting to sow discord and chaos on the eve of the election.”
“Earlier this day, our office grew to change into mindful a couple of video purporting to cowl a Haitian immigrant with extra than one Georgia ID’s claiming to consider voted extra than one occasions,” Raffensperger acknowledged in a observation on Thursday.
Raffensperger acknowledged the post is “seemingly a production of Russian troll farms.”
“As American citizens we can’t let our enemies use lies to divide us and undermine faith in our institutions — or every other,” Raffensperger acknowledged.
Amy Kremer, a member of the Republican National Committee, tried to breathe life into the questionable claim by spreading it on X whereas asking “How did they fetch extra than one IDs?” and announcing it “is illegitimate & no longer k.”
Gabriel Sterling, the manager running officer within the Georgia secretary of recount’s office, criticized Kremer on social media for sharing the video.
“No accountable particular person would retweet this ridiculously evident lie and disinformation. Those doing so are performing to further the efforts of America’s enemies and undermine the safety of our nation. The judgment of those sharing this ought to aloof be questioned in all things,” Sterling acknowledged on X.
Raffensperger moreover asked X’s proprietor, Elon Musk, to grab the video down.