12-02-2020, 11:20 AM
A US state of Georgia election official has said President Donald Trump will bear responsibility for any violence that results from unsubstantiated election fraud claims he has stoked.
In a fiery statement, Gabriel Sterling, a Republican, said: "It's all gone too far! All of it! It has to stop!"
Georgia is carrying out a second recount of votes in the state at the Trump campaign's request.
Democratic president-elect Joe Biden was declared the narrow winner there.
Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said it is trying to make sure "that all legal votes are counted and all illegal votes are not".
"No-one should engage in threats or violence, and if that has happened, we condemn that fully."
Voice quaking with anger at a news conference in Atlanta on Tuesday, Mr Sterling, the state's voting systems implementation manager, rebuked his fellow Republicans, including the president.
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In a fiery statement, Gabriel Sterling, a Republican, said: "It's all gone too far! All of it! It has to stop!"
Georgia is carrying out a second recount of votes in the state at the Trump campaign's request.
Democratic president-elect Joe Biden was declared the narrow winner there.
Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said it is trying to make sure "that all legal votes are counted and all illegal votes are not".
"No-one should engage in threats or violence, and if that has happened, we condemn that fully."
Voice quaking with anger at a news conference in Atlanta on Tuesday, Mr Sterling, the state's voting systems implementation manager, rebuked his fellow Republicans, including the president.
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