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GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler Vows To Object Biden Election Certification
Hours before polls opened in Georgia for the Senate-deciding runoff elections, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) released a Twitter statement that said that she would vote to object to certifying the Electoral College results in the upcoming Senate session on January 6. Loeffler joins now almost a dozen Republican senators and over 140 Republican House members who vow to object to the already-certified Electoral College results. Loeffler’s statement was quickly matched by Sen. David Perdue (R-Georgia) who is also on the ballot for the runoff elections tweeting a clip of an earlier interview. Per...
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Trump Makes False Claims At Georgia Rally: ‘We Won The Presidential Election!’
President Donald Trump took the stage in Georgia on Monday night to speak in support of Sens. David Perdue (R-Georgia) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) the night before crucial runoff elections in the state. Republican Georgia voters, however, may walk away from Trump’s speech confused. Just days after Trump tweeted that the Georgia runoff elections were “invalid,” in his Monday speech he said Georgians should still vote in the runoff election because “If the Left wins these Senate seats, they will abolish the Senate.” The majority of Trump’s stage time, however, was dedicated to continuing his ...
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Sarah Palin Campaigns For Republican Sens. David Perdue & Kelly Loeffler In Georgia Runoffs
Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) campaigned for Georgia Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler ahead of their runoff elections next month, calling on supporters to “crush the vote.” Palin told a crowd of supporters, “Georgia, we need you to not just show up Jan. 5, not just to win, but to crush it.” “We need to crush it and to send the message, and to send that message, the loudest message that we can,” she continued. “That no, we will not implement at all socialism in America. We will not watch that erosion of our inalienable rights.” Palin’s Marietta, Georgia, appearance marked conserva...
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Jon Ossoff Debates An Empty Podium In Georgia Senate Runoff After Sen. David Perdue Refuses To Attend
Democrat John Ossoff led a solo senatorial debate on Sunday night, speaking to an empty podium while blasting Sen. David Perdue (R) for refusing to attend. On Jan. 5, Ossoff and Perdue will face off in one of the two U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia that will determine which party controls the chamber. On Sunday night, Russ Spencer, Fox 5 Atlanta evening anchor, introduced the candidates, with the camera showing an empty podium as he spoke about Perdue. Spencer immediately explained that Perdue “declined to participate.” Last month, Perdue had said that he would not attend the event. Ossoff las...
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Pence Campaigns In Georgia For Upcoming Senate Runoff Election
On Friday, Vice President Mike Pence appeared at a Republican rally in Georgia to encourage President Donald Trump’s fight to find evidence of “voter fraud” in the election of Joe Biden.“We are going to keep fighting until every legal vote is counted,” he continued. “We’re going to keep fighting until every illegal vote is thrown out. Whatever the future holds, we will never stop fighting to make America great again.”Pence urged spectators to fight for “every legal vote,” and to discard “every illegal vote,” but avoided words like “rigged” or “stolen,” both of which are regularly used by Trump...
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Georgia GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler & David Perdue Call On Secretary of State To Resign Over Election Without Citing Evidenve
Georgia Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue called on their state’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to resign on Monday over “failures” in the election process.The two senators did not cite any evidence to back their claims, but seemed to join in the chorus of Trump supporters denouncing mail-in voting and baselessly alleging widespread voter fraud. Georgia narrowly flipped blue following Election Day, marking the first time the state has opted for a Democratic candidate since 1992.“There have been too many failures in Georgia elections this year and the most rece...
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Georgia Democrats Re-Start Campaign With 2 Runoff Senate Races To Decide Control Of U.S. Senate
Georgia Senate candidate, Democrat Jon Ossoff, has faith that Georgia can keep the momentum and replace the two current Republican senators with Democrats in the January runoff elections.“There’s a huge sense of enthusiasm and momentum here in Georgia right now,” said Ossoff in an interview with CNN on Monday, claiming that Georgian Democrats have “the wind at [their] backs.”Georgia saw surprisingly turning out for Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, who currently leads Donald Trump in the presidential race by over 10,000 votes in the state.Because neither Ossoff and Republican opponent Sena...
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