{"id":1196,"date":"2020-12-06T01:13:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T01:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2020\/12\/06\/in-another-country-this-would-be-called-a-coup-detroit-naacp-head-on-trump-trying-to-overturn-vote-2\/"},"modified":"2020-12-06T01:13:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T01:13:13","slug":"in-another-country-this-would-be-called-a-coup-detroit-naacp-head-on-trump-trying-to-overturn-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/06\/in-another-country-this-would-be-called-a-coup-detroit-naacp-head-on-trump-trying-to-overturn-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"In Another Country This Would Be Called a Coup: Detroit NAACP Head on Trump Trying to Overturn Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of the unprecedented attempt to keep President Trump in office despite his election loss, Republicans have focused on Michigan, where the party is seeking a delay in the certification of the vote results and to throw out votes from Detroit, which is overwhelmingly Black. A group of Michigan Republicans met with President Trump at the White House last week in what was widely viewed as an attempt by Trump to personally pressure the lawmakers to block Biden from being awarded the state\u2019s 16 electoral votes. \u201cThis is an attempt to disenfranchise the African American vote and to give the election to Trump,\u201d says Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit branch of the NAACP. \u201cIf we were in a different country, this would be called a political coup.\u201d<\/p>\n

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