Georgia Secretary Of State’s Office Evacuated
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff have evacuated their offices at the state Capitol as armed protesters gathered outside.
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Georgia’s secretary of state and his staff have evacuated their offices at the state Capitol as armed protesters gathered outside.
Gabriel Sterling, a top elections official, said Wednesday that it was an internal decision made by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to have his team leave.
“We saw stuff happening at the Georgia Capitol and said we should not be around here, we should not be a spark,” Sterling told The Associated Press.
About 100 protesters gathered at the state Capitol in Atlanta on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump’s election loss. Some were armed with long guns.
Trump has focused much of his ire on Raffensperger in the weeks following his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in Georgia by about 12,000 votes.
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