After resisting former president Donald Trump's brash makes an attempt to overturn Georgia's 2020 election outcomes, Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's life modified virtually in a single day. "You watch your again," Raffensperger instructed CBS Information chief Washington correspondent Main Garrett. Raffensperger and his spouse obtained loss of life threats and threats of sexual violence from Trump supporters, regardless that Raffensperger is a lifelong conservative who voted for Mr. Trump within the 2020 election. Raffensperger instructed Garrett he has began to searching for individuals's "tells," asking himself "Is there something on the facet of their hip?" His household additionally bought a canine "for consciousness." Georgia's 2020 ballots had been counted thrice and every time confirmed then-President Trump "got here up quick," Raffensperger mentioned. "These stolen election claims, what they do is that they undermine voters' confidence within the election course of," Raffensperger mentioned. "These precinct staff that you just meet there [are] the individuals that you just see on the grocery retailer... church teams, or out on the ballfield when your youngsters are enjoying Little League. These are your neighbors and people are the individuals which can be strolling that line of integrity, to do their job with integrity. Not trying left or proper, however simply doing their job." He blamed the "greatest misinformation, disinformation, outright mendacity marketing campaign" for the January 6 Capitol assault on Trump. "They had been misled, they had been deceived, they got falsehoods concerning the outcomes of the election," Raffensperger mentioned. He believes that Trump's feedback concerning the election doubtlessly being "rigged" towards him earlier than and after the election may have detrimental repercussions for the GOP in future elections. "Once you begin creating doubts within the voter's thoughts, then what do they do? They step out, they step again," Raffensperger mentioned. "It harm the Republican Get together. And as a conservative, that basically bothers me as a result of, you recognize, I put on the model. I vote the model." In his new ebook, "Integrity Counts," Raffensperger provides his account of the notorious cellphone name with Mr. Trump and his work main as much as and after the 2020 election. His ebook is distributed by a division of ViacomCBS. Garrett additionally spoke with Bucks County, Pennsylvania Commissioner Bob Harvie, a former historical past instructor, who mentioned the present political local weather scares him. "This isn't one thing I've seen besides going again to the Civil Struggle," Harvie mentioned. "In the event you needed to destroy democracy, the very first thing you do is flip members of that nation towards one another... the second factor you do is to get individuals to start out doubting the validity of the elections." The interviews on this week's episode initially on "CBS Sunday Morning," which you'll be able to watch right here. Government producer: Arden Farhi Producers: Jamie Benson, Jacob Rosen, Sara Cook dinner and Eleanor Watson CBSN Manufacturing: Eric Soussanin
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