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鈥嬧赌媁ill Trump supporters accept the election result?

Sarah鈥檚 in Georgia, where there are already legal challenges over votes

In a phone call following the 2020 election, Donald Trump pressured Georgia鈥檚 Secretary of State to "find 11,780 votes" 鈥 a move which along with other alleged efforts to overturn the result led to criminal charges against Trump and some of his allies.
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鈥嬧赌婼arah鈥檚 there, and she鈥檚 been hearing about legal cases over who can and can鈥檛 vote, as well as from Trump supporters who already have doubts about the reliability of the result.
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