Trump Pressed Georgia Speaker to Overturn State’s Election Vote in 2020 Call NYT | Top Stories Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim 18 December 2025 at 09:18 During much of the 12.5-minute call, President Trump reiterated his claims that he had won Georgia, a state he lost by more than 11,000 votes that year. © Audra Melton for The New York TimesDavid Ralston, the former Georgia House speaker, in 2018.