Raffensperger asks Perdue to apologize after his wife received death threats after the November call for resignation

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asked the former senator. David PerdueDavid Perdue Trump, Biden face new face-to-face contest in Georgia Harris: Trump phone call in Georgia shows ‘voice of desperation’ Senate swears in six new lawmakers as 117th Congress meets MORE (R-Ga.) Apologized to his wife on Monday after receiving death threats following the senator’s call for the secretary to resign in November.

Raffensperger demanded an apology after Fox News host Martha MacCallum asked him to respond to Perdue, calling it “disgusting” to have a conversation with President TrumpDonald TrumpCotton breaks with his conservative colleagues who will oppose the vote count Trump to give the medal of freedom to Nunes: according to Hogan, the “ plan ” of the lawmakers to cancel the election results “ makes fun of our system ” recorded, which the Washington Post published on Sunday.

“Sen. Perdue still owes my wife an apology for all the death threats she received after asking for my resignation, ”he told Fox News’s“ Your World ”. “And I haven’t heard a single glance from this man since.

“If he wants to call me face to face, man to man, I will speak to him in private,” Raffensperger continued. “But he didn’t do that.

MacCallum responded by saying that “it feels like it really is a matter of grudge” between the Georgian Secretary of State and the Senator.

“It’s not a grudge at all,” Raffensperger replied, adding “It’s really about spreading the facts.”

Perdue, who is running for re-election in one of two Georgia Senate second-round votes on Tuesday, responded to Raffensperger’s request for an apology later on Monday. Fox News’ Special Report, telling host Bret Baier that the death threats from others were unrelated to his call for the Secretary of State to resign.

“It is scandalous that someone has threatened with death, but it has nothing to do with my call for his resignation,” said Perdue. “It had to do with utter incompetence in the face of what happened in November.”

Perdue, with Sen. Kelly loefflerKelly Loeffler Trump, Biden face new contest in Georgia Harris: Trump phone call in Georgia shows ‘voice of desperation’ Senate swears in six new lawmakers as 117th Congress meets MORE (R-Ga.), called for Raffensperger’s resignation two days after the elected president Joe bidenJoe BidenCotton Breaks Up With His Tory Fellows Who Will Oppose Trump Election Tally To Give Nunes The Medal Of Freedom: Hogan Says Lawmakers ” Plan ‘To Reverse Election Results’ Mocks Our system ” was widely declared the winner of the presidential poll, accusing the secretary of state of failing to “organize fair and transparent elections”.

Raffensperger’s request for an apology comes after the Post on Sunday released the audio of a phone call between him and the president over the weekend, in which Trump repeatedly asks the secretary of state to “Find” 11,780 ballots for him to declare the winner, one more vote than Biden received in the state.

Earlier Monday morning, Perdue, in another Fox News appearance, backed the president when asked about the call, calling an audio leak “disgusting.”

During her “Special Report” interview, Perdue said it was “very unprofessional for a state politician to secretly record this and flee” Trump’s call.

“Notwithstanding that, what the president did on the phone call is what he has been doing for the past eight weeks and what I was asking as well,” Perdue said. “This is a fair and transparent account of what happened in November.”

Perdue will take on Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff in Tuesday’s second round, while Loeffler will take on Reverend Raphael Warnock. The races were sent to the second round in November after no contestant in either race received a majority of the votes.

The races will determine which party has control of the Senate. If one of the Republicans wins re-election the GOP will retain control, but if both Democrats win the Senate will be split 50-50, with the vice president elected Kamala harrisKamala Harris Biden Inauguration to Include ‘Presidential Escort’ to the White House, Virtual Trump Parade, Biden Facing New Head-to-Head Contest in Georgia Harris: Trump Phone Call in Georgia Shows “ voice of despair ” MORE becoming the deciding vote.