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I have a feeling this is THE most important story of 2020 that will get lost in the media. The national press will ignore it. The liberal Left will shrug their shoulders. The far-left will justify it.

All the while America will miss it.

Tuesday night the Wayne County Board of Canvassers refused to certify the results of the election. It was a deadlocked 2-2 vote.

The Republican members cited discrepancies with the poll books in certain Detroit precincts and originally refused to certify the results.

The Republicans on the board were threatened, were called racists, were harassed and were doxxed for the next three hours or so.

Shortly thereafter, they changed their mind. They likely felt they had to in the interest of their own safety and the safety of their families.

Is this yet another example of the “unity” Joe Biden has called for. After a summer filled with rioting and looting, pain and destruction inflicted on small businesses by Leftists across America, now this.

Attempting to bully their way into the Presidency, the Left has shown once again it will stop at nothing to destr- sorry, “change” America.

It was ugly. It was un-American. But it was not unexpected considering the source.

A Biden presidency allows the inmates to run the aslymn.

On Wednesday the two Republicans claimed in a signed affidavit that they were bullied into siding with the Democrats. They rescinded their votes to certify.

William Hartmann is one of those two Republicans. He said in the affidavit that he observed about 71 percent of Detroit’s 134 Absent Voter Counting Boards “were left unbalanced and many unexplained.”

Monica Palmer, the other Republican, spotted the same exact thing.

“After the vote, my Democratic colleagues chided me and Mr. Hartmann for voting not to certify,” she said, according to the affidavit obtained by Fox News. “After the vote, the public comment period began and dozens of people made personal remarks against me and Mr. Hartmann. The comments made accusations of racism and threatened me and members of my family. The public comment continued for over two hours and  I felt pressured to continue the meeting without a break.”

State officials indicated they did not intend to honor a compromise that led to the votes to certify the results.
This should not, and cannot, happen in America. Local officials who have the responsibility of certifying election results must ensure the integrity of the results they’re certifying. Otherwise what is the point?
And the media is missing this story.
Something is not right here. I wish the two Republican members would have stood their ground originally and not had to rescind their votes. If the books were off, then the books were off. Period. End of story.
If they’re allowed to rescind their votes, then I suppose all is well that ends well.
But if the last handful of months is any indicator, we on the Right have to be ready to withstand vicious assaults from the Left. We have to be prepared to stand our ground, speak up for what is right and not back down.
The future of the country hangs in the balance. We cannot allow bullies to run the show.
This process must be played out in the public eye with openness and transparency. And all Americans — those on the Left and those on the Right — must treat the individuals making these decisions with decency if we demand that transparency.
Otherwise who in their right mind will be willing to serve in this way in the future?

Author: Jacob Hall

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