Navy Commander BLOWS LID OFF Trump ELECTION SCHEME

What this episode is about

The recent publication of the document that authorized the FBI raid on Fulton County's elections hub reveals that the raid was based on allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election, many of which have been debunked. Fulton County officials express concern over potential interference from a conservative state elections board and emphasize that elections are managed at the state level, not by higher authorities.

Key takeaways

• Fulton County's election woes highlight a fear: political power can swing like a pendulum—today's ally, tomorrow's target.
• Trump's fixation on Atlanta reveals an uneasy dance with demographics: lost votes, found scapegoats, and recycled rumors.
• The controversial raid underscores a critical truth: democracy’s battlefield often shifts from ballots to the courtroom.
• Georgia’s shift from red to blue isn't just a trend; it's the civil rights movement's legacy on the electoral stage.
• As states guard their election rights, watch out—Fulton County's challenges could be a template for future political skirmishes.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Bobby Jones (Host) · 10 min speaking
• Doug Reon (Guest) · 4 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Fulton County, Atlanta, Rob Pittz, Doug Reon
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, Donald Trump
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Georgia, Donald Trump, Fulton County, Atlanta
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Donald Trump, 2020 US Presidential Election, 2026 Midterm Election, Attorney General Pam Bondi
5. 12:00 – 13:53: Donald Trump, Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia

Notable quotes from "Navy Commander BLOWS LID OFF Trump ELECTION SCHEME"

• Another big story we've been following today, the document that allowed the FBI to raid Fulton County's elections hub last month now made public.

  about Fulton County · at 0:00

• And after Trump suggested last week that maybe even the federal government take over some local elections, Pit said he'd been in touch with leaders of other jurisdictions that Trump mentioned by.

  about Donald Trump · at 1:05

• In the US presidential election of 2020, Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden. It was Donald Trump's ultimate public humiliation. And in its aftermath, Donald Trump looked for people to blame,.

  about 2020 US Presidential Election · at 2:16

• And the county from which it resides, Fulton County. Now, this has been recently highlighted by an unprecedented raid led by the director of national intelligence, Tulsi…

  about Tulsi Gabbard · at 3:42

• Is African-Amean. But what makes Atlanta unique is that for the last 50 plus years, the city has been ran primarily by African-American government leaders.

  about 1996 Olympics · at 4:46

• Predominantly affluent and predominantly white. So, as election results came in that night in 2020, the south side of Atlanta's votes swayed the election by putting Georgia's electoral college votes in Joe B in Joe Biden's grasp.

  about Joe Biden · at 5:48

• A certain distance away. you can't use signage, you can't do this, you can't do that. But when we see that Pam Bondi tried to make a deal with the government of Minnesota…

  about Attorney General Pam Bondi · at 11:12

• Representatives, spoke to the GOP members, the Republican party, and said, If we lose the midterms, they're going to impeach me. Now, the only reason someone would say that is…

  about 2026 Midterm Election · at 12:51

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Primary referenced political actor · 9 mentions · first at 2:19
  Central figure in the discussion of 2020 election fraud claims, pressure on Georgia officials, and alleged federal interest in taking over/local election administration (esp. Fulton County).
• Rob Pittz — Person · Referenced local government official / quoted authority · 2 mentions · first at 0:25
  Cited as Fulton County Commission chair disputing the warrant’s underlying fraud claims as 'debunked' and framing the raid as politically motivated and tied to potential state takeover of elections.
  And after Trump suggested last week that maybe even the federal government take over some local elections, Pit said he'd been in touch with leaders of other jurisdictions that Trump mentioned by name like Philly and Metro Detroit.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi — Person · Referenced government/legal actor (as alleged in transcript) · 2 mentions · first at 4:01
  Presented as connected to a DOJ warrant used to seize ballots/information and as attempting a deal involving ICE and voter rolls; invoked to support claims of aggressive federal actions affecting elections.
• Tulsi Gabbard — Person · Referenced federal official (as alleged in transcript) · 4 mentions
  Described as leading an 'unprecedented raid' on Fulton County’s voting headquarters; used to argue federal overreach into state-run elections. (Note: this claim appears inconsistent with widely known public roles; transcript may be inaccurate.)
• Doug Reon — Person · Referenced journalist / field reporter · 2 mentions · first at 0:09
  Introduced as the Atlanta News First political reporter explaining the public warrant and summarizing the alleged fraud claims used to justify the FBI raid of Fulton County’s elections hub.
  Atlanta News First political reporter Doug Reon is live tonight at the Fulton County government complex tonight. So Doug, what was the reasoning for this raid?
• Joe Biden — Person · Referenced political counterpart (election winner) · 2 mentions · first at 2:19
  Mentioned as the winner of the 2020 presidential election over Trump; used to frame the origin of post-election disputes and subsequent actions targeting Fulton County.
• Brian Kemp — Person · Referenced state official (pressure target) · 1 mention · first at 6:19
  Mentioned as Georgia’s governor whom Trump allegedly pressured to 'find' votes after the 2020 election, illustrating the episode’s theme of political pressure on election outcomes.
  Of the state, Brian Kemp, and the Secretary of State, who's in charge of running elections to find the exact number of votes for him to remain in office.
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — Person · Historical reference / contextual figure · 2 mentions · first at 3:14
  Referenced to contextualize Georgia/Atlanta’s civil-rights history and demographic/political transformation, supporting the episode’s argument about why Atlanta/Fulton County are politically targeted.
  Maynard Jackson won election as the first black mayor of a major southern city in the early 1970s while Atlanta was still dealing with the aftermath of the assassination of Dr.…

Places & events

• 2020 US Presidential Election — Event · Core topic · 2 mentions · first at 0:23
  Central theme of the episode, discussing the aftermath and controversies surrounding the election
• Fulton County — Place · Setting · 9 mentions · first at 0:03
  Primary location discussed in the episode, central to the election controversy
• Atlanta — Place · Setting · 9 mentions · first at 0:07
  Major city in Fulton County, key to understanding the demographic and political context
  Atlanta News First political reporter Doug Reon is live tonight at the Fulton County government complex tonight. So Doug, what was the reasoning for this raid?
• Georgia — Place · Setting · 8 mentions · first at 2:40
  State where the election controversy is centered, providing broader context
  Which was probably the hardest thing for him to understand due to the fact that Georgia is historically a deep conservative red state. As a matter of fact, its location being…
• 2026 Midterm Election — Event · Future impact · 3 mentions · first at 4:10
  Discussed as a potential target for the ongoing election controversy and its long-term effects
• 1996 Olympics — Event · Historical context · 1 mention · first at 5:24
  Mentioned as part of Atlanta's historical and cultural background

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 Another big story we've been following today, the document that allowed the FBI to raid Fulton County's elections hub last month now made public.

0:07 Atlanta News First political reporter Doug Reon is live tonight at the Fulton County government complex tonight. So Doug, what was the reasoning for this raid?

0:17 Well, I can tell you guys there was not much new in here. There was a whole lot of things that we had heard before from groups who had claims about fraud in the 2020 election. And as Chairman Rob Pittz of the Fulton County Commission said today, a lot of these claims that the judge used to sign this warrant have already been debunked. Among them, missing ballots, duplicate ballot images from that 2020 election, missing or incorrectly signed tabulator tapes and concerns about chain of custody issues. And Pitt said they were recycled rumors and lies. In his words, Pit said the county would push back against a potential takeover of their elections by the highly conservative state elections board. There is a little used state law that could allow that to happen. And that is really the big fear, I will tell you, not only up at the capital, but certainly down here at Fulton County.

1:05 And after Trump suggested last week that maybe even the federal government take over some local elections, Pit said he'd been in touch with leaders of other jurisdictions that Trump mentioned by name like Philly and Metro Detroit. I'm not a constitutional lawyer by any means, but I do know that states run elections, not Congress and not the White House. If they're successful here in Fulton County as the face of this effort, they will take that show on the road and go elsewhere.

1:39 And while we don't know exactly again where those ballots are tonight, who has them, that has been a big question for everybody here. We did get the answer to another big question which was how was this initiated? It turns out it was a part-time staffer in the Trump administration who was very influential in the stop the steel movement. They were the ones that created uh basically, if you will, the complaint that triggered this warrant. Pit said here that left no doubt in his mind that this was political. We'll have more on this in the coming days, but for now we're in downtown Atlanta. Doug Reen, Atlanta News First. Hello, Bobby Jones here for Midest Touch and Baller Media Networks.

2:16 In the US presidential election of 2020, Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden. It was Donald Trump's ultimate public humiliation. And in its aftermath, Donald Trump looked for people to blame, sections to blame, areas of the country to blame. And he focused on three particular areas. Specifically, he blamed the Philadelphia area, the Detroit area, and my hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Those areas have a few things in common. First, they're heavily minority in population. They're led by Democratic mayors, and they are all situated in vital swing states. Trump went out of his way to target Georgia, which was probably the hardest thing for him to understand due to the fact that Georgia is historically a deep conservative red state. As a matter of fact, its location being in the heart of the former Confederacy of the United States during the American Civil War leads to that mindset. However, it was

3:14 also the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It was also the birthplace of the civil rights movement and that led to a resulting large population of African-Americans that basically have turned Georgia into the ultimate swing state. As a matter of fact, in 2020, the voter turnout amongst African-Americans in the metro Atlanta area, specifically the southside, was a gamecher. And ever since that fateful day in November of 2020, Donald Trump has targeted the city and the county from which it resides, Fulton County. Now, this has been recently highlighted by an unprecedented raid led by the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Galbbert. She raided the Fulton County voting headquarters to seize ballots and information based on the Department of Justice and Pam Bondi's warrant. In this video, I'm going to talk about how these actions against Fulton County are not only a gamecher, but how it can affect the 2026

4:13 midterm election and the elections of 2028 and those moving forward. It's important to understand this is unprecedented as the United States Constitution turns voting and its execution to the states. First, let me give you some background on Fulton County, Georgia, which is the home of Atlanta. Fulton County is the most populous county in the state of Georgia and home to the state capital, which is in fact Atlanta. Atlanta's demographics are such that over half the population is African-Amean. But what makes Atlanta unique is that for the last 50 plus years, the city has been ran primarily by African-American government leaders.

4:57 Maynard Jackson won election as the first black mayor of a major southern city in the early 1970s while Atlanta was still dealing with the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. King. Since that time, blacks have been primarily in charge of local government in Atlanta. However, Atlanta also developed strong social and business ties that connects people from all backgrounds from all over the world, leading to the 1996 Olympic Games. The city is too busy to hate, or at least that's the model that we've always used. But the overt flex of African-American political power has always rubbed Donald Trump the wrong way. Even when he was campaigning for president, his appearances would almost always be exclusively limited to the northern side of Atlanta, which is predominantly affluent and predominantly white. So, as election results came in that night in 2020, the south side of Atlanta's votes swayed the election by

5:58 putting Georgia's electoral college votes in Joe B in Joe Biden's grasp. Those election results were amongst the last on the east coast to be counted due to the sheer volume of votes. All reports were that Trump was insensed that South Metro Atlanta cost him the White House. In the days following, he personally appealed to both the governor of the state, Brian Kemp, and the Secretary of State, who's in charge of running elections to find the exact number of votes for him to remain in office.

6:29 It's just not possible to have lost Georgia. It's not possible. When I heard it was close, I said there's no way. But they dropped a lot of votes in there late at night. You know that, Brett. And that's what we are working on very very stringently. But regardless of those votes, with all of it being said, we lost by uh 11 essentially 11,000 votes and we have many more votes already calculated and certified to. So I I just don't know, you know, Mark, I don't know what's the po purpose. I I won't give Dominion a pass because we found too many bad things, but we don't need Dominion or anything else. We have we have all we have won this election in Georgia based on all of this. And there's there's nothing wrong with with saying that, Brad. you know, I mean, having the having a correct you the people of Georgia are angry and these numbers are going to be repeated on Monday night along with others that

7:28 we're going to have by that time which are much more substantial even and the people of Georgia are angry. the people of the country are angry and there's nothing wrong with saying that you know uh that you've recalculated because uh the 2236 and absentee ballots I mean they're all exact numbers that were were done by accounting firms law firms etc. And even if you cut them in half cut them in half and cut them in half again it's more votes than we need.

8:01 Well Mr. president. The challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong. It was one of the most blatantly corrupt things any president had been caught doing in American history. After it became clear that Donald Trump lost the election, the legal wrangling began, specifically targeting Fulton County due to the large amount of votes that were attached to it. Multiple recounts occurred and each recount came up with the same results. These results were backed by additional court inquiries and there was no widespread fraud found. Despite Republicans running the state and despite these multiple recounts backed up by court inquiries and investigations, Donald Trump did not and still does not believe he lost the state. He believed that it was a very nefarious and very complex interwoven plot combined with international influence sprinkled in with local mouth feces executed by black people to keep

9:01 him from a second term. But this is keeping with the long-term pattern that we've seen over the course of his life. Donald Trump and his actions as an individual, right? Well, when things go well, he takes all of the credit. When things go bad, he's never ever accountable. Whatever problem happens, it's never his fault. Now, that's okay when it's just him to a degree. However, when the problem happens to affect national elections, it delegitimizes the electoral system and erodess public trust. The chaos he has caused that he has used to justify very aggressive federal actions are going to have long-term ripple effects. What amazes me is that he had no qualms with the 2016 election results, nor the 2024 election results.

9:51 Only did he have issue with the 2020 election results. And here's the other piece, too. Many Republicans got reelected in 2020, but not Donald Trump. So he is implied basically that he was the only one targeted for a fixed election while his GOP counterparts who were able to maintain their seats were excluded. That's pretty complex voter rigging if you ask me. So when you match this mindset to his current policies, especially on immigration and its enforcement, is a very real possibility that we could see him use ICE as voter intimidation squads across the country as elections draw closer. Bear with me and let me explain. The basic premise is this. He has said that there are illegal immigrants that are voting in elections.

10:42 He has said that is why he lost in 2020. He says that there are millions of people that should not be on voter roles voting and they primarily are illegal immigrants. So in order to find illegal immigrants using the standard that he has used in Minnesota, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other areas, what is to stop him from sending ICE agents to voting precincts while people are trying to cast their vote? Now, mind you, there are legal laws that say you have to stay a certain distance away. you can't use signage, you can't do this, you can't do that. But when we see that Pam Bondi tried to make a deal with the government of Minnesota saying that they will withdraw ICE if they turn over ver voter roles so those voter roles can in fact be purged. We got a problem. We have a significant problem. And on top of that, the fact that ICE has not really abided by any of the orders that have come down from congressional oversight, from local

11:45 law enforcement. They basically do their own thing. Who's to say that once midterm elections start that they will not purposely intimidate voters who they feel like will vote against Donald Trump? Make no mistake, ladies and gentlemen, this is not about Fulton County. It's very easy to target Fulton County and Atlanta, Georgia because of the political power that I mentioned earlier, but also the impact and the effect of Atlanta on the nation as far as culture, as far as visibility, as far as what Atlanta represents when it comes to its civil rights history.

12:25 But this is about finding a way to still win an election where every poll and every special election leading up to it shows that the Republican party is in very, very big trouble. Now, you may ask, well, Donald Trump is not on the ballot again in 2026 and he can't be on the ballot in 2028. Why does it matter? Well, according to reports very recently, he went to the House of Representatives, spoke to the GOP members, the Republican party, and said, "If we lose the midterms, they're going to impeach me." Now, the only reason someone would say that is either they a believe what they're doing is inherently illegal, or b that they know whatever they're doing will be perceived as illegal because you're going out of your way to make it seem that way.

13:14 Regardless, he feels like if the House flips, he will get impeached. So, the only way to stop that from happening is going to areas where you know for a fact those districts could flip the other way and try to stop a clean, free, safe, secure election. Love this video. Support independent media and unlock exclusive content. Add free videos and custom emojis by becoming a paid member of our YouTube channel today. You can also gift memberships to others. Let's keep growing together.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Navy Commander BLOWS LID OFF Trump ELECTION SCHEME"?

Bobby Jones (Host), Doug Reon (Guest).

What is "Navy Commander BLOWS LID OFF Trump ELECTION SCHEME" about?

The recent publication of the document that authorized the FBI raid on Fulton County's elections hub reveals that the raid was based on allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election, many of which have been debunked. Fulton County officials express concern over potential interference from a conservative state elections board and emphasize that elections are managed at the state level, not by…

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