President Donald Trump Saturday declared Georgia's recount process a "waste of time" and claimed officials won't allow his campaign's observers to be in the counting rooms.
"The hand recount taking place in Georgia is a waste of time. They are not showing the matching signatures," Trump tweeted. "Call off the recount until they allow the MATCH. Don't let the Radical Left Dems STEAL THE ELECTION!"
He added in a subsequent tweet that “They wouldn't let our Poll Watchers and Observers into the Counting Rooms. We win on that alone!”
Twitter flagged both of Trump's tweets, adding a label saying the claims about election fraud are disputed.
Trump earlier Saturday lamented that Democrat operative Stacey Abrams effectively placed a preemptive block of signature verification on ballots in Georgia's hand recount.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, announced the recount on Wednesday. Presumptive president-elect Joe Biden holds a slim lead of just over 14,000 votes over Trump. He has been projected by several news outlets as having won Georgia, reports The Hill.
Several Republicans have slammed Raffensperger over how he handled the election, with Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue demanding his resignation claims he failed to "deliver an honest election."
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said the election should be a "wakeup call" to Raffensperger's office, while several state House members called on the secretary to review the Trump campaign's claims of voter fraud.
Georgia's recount must be finished by Nov. 20, when the state is to certify its results.
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