President Donald Trump has "bad data" on the election results in Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday, as the fallout continues after Trump's phone call to him over the weekend.
"He did most of the talking," Raffensperger said on ABC's "Good Morning America." "We did most of the listening. I did want to make my points the data he has is just plain wrong. He had hundreds and hundreds of people he said were dead that voted. We found two. He has bad data."
The Washington Post Sunday released audio of the Saturday call between Trump and Raffensperger and his attorney, Ryan Germany.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump campaign lawyer Cleta Mitchell were also in on the call.
Monday, Raffensperger said the election has left Georgia officials "fighting a rumor whack-a-mole."
"It was obvious that we debunked every theory out there, but President Trump continues to believe them," he told ABC News' Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. "We debunked the one about State Farm Arena. We continue to debunk this. We believe that truth matters."
Raffensperger also said he did not feel pressured when Trump said during the call that votes must be found.
"We have to follow the process, follow the law," he said. "Everything we've done follows the constitution of the state of Georgia, follows the United States Constitution, follows state law. We had to adapt to a pandemic and that posed challenges."
Raffensperger said he had not spoken with Trump before the weekend call, as he didn't believe it was "appropriate" given that the president's campaign team had filed legal action against Georgia.
David Worley, a Democrat on the Georgia State Election Board, has called for Raffensperger to open an investigation into the call between himself and Trump, reports The Washington Post.
Raffensperger said that because he talked with Trump, as has his department's chief investigator after doing a signature match in one of the counties, "there may be a conflict of interest, the district attorney wants to look at it."
However, when asked if he considered it lawful for Trump to ask him, as a state election official, to find votes, he replied that he's "not a lawyer ... truth matters. We've been fighting these rumors."
Raffensperger said that as a Republican, he supports the party and always has, but when asked if he'd support Trump again, he replied "President Trump is not on the ballot in 2024."
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