President Trump
Donald Trump Cotton breaks with Conservative colleagues who will oppose Trump’s vote count to award the Nunes Medal of Freedom: According to Hogan, lawmakers’ “plan” to overturn election results “mocks our system.” MONTH on Monday he tried to put a hard needle on the eve of Georgia’s election to determine control of the U.S. Senate, while encouraging supporters to vote en masse while claiming the November state election was inaccurate and fraudulent.
“Our country depends on you. The whole world is watching the people of Georgia, ”said Trump, who urged supporters to come out and defeat the two Democratic candidates so easily that there is no doubt about the outcome.
Trump’s push to get the vote the day before the two Senate races was at odds with his insistence that the November election was “stolen” and the speech was consumed by his grievances for his own defeat. .
“I want to thank you very much. Hello, Georgia. By the way, there’s no way to lose Georgia. There’s no way. It was a so-called choice. But we’re still fighting,” Trump said in his first words after coming up. to the lectern.
The crowd sang “Fight for Trump” when the president introduced the Republican Party Senate. Kelly Loeffler
Kelly Loeffler Trump and Biden face a new face-to-face contest on Georgia Harris: Trump Georgia’s phone call shows a “voice of despair” in the Senate oath of six new lawmakers as the 117th Congress convenes MORE, who faces Democrat the Rev. Raphael Warnock. Trump called his own presidential career a “cheater,” complained that he was “smart,” and spoke repeatedly about the presidency as if it was still ready.
The president noted that he had his eye on Wednesday, when a joint session of Congress will certify the results and confirm the results of the Electoral College Joe Biden
Joe BidenCotton breaks with Conservative colleagues who will oppose Trump’s vote count to award the Nunes Medal of Freedom: According to Hogan, lawmakers’ “plan” to overturn election results “mocks our system” MORE as the next president. But several Trump allies in both houses have said they will oppose the certification of certain states.
The trick will not change the outcome, but it will lead to hours of debate. Still, Trump and some of his supporters have held out hope that there will be some final intervention to change the election in their favor.
“I hope Mike Pence
Michael (Mike) Richard PenceGOP has become the party of the primary cry that Gohmert talks about street violence after his lawsuit was dismissed. The appellate court dismisses Gohmert’s election lawsuit against Pence MORE it’s coming to us, I have to tell you, “Trump said, referring to the vice president’s ceremonial role Wednesday.” I hope our great vice president comes for us. He’s a fantastic guy. Of course, if he doesn’t come, I won’t like him. so much ”.
Trump’s speech in Dalton, Ga.
Trump has tried the government. Brian Kemp
Brian KempHarris: Trump Georgia’s call shows a “voice of despair” Durbin: Trump Georgia’s call “deserves nothing less than a criminal investigation” Kinzinger: Republicans can’t object to “clean conscience” after listening to the tape of Trump MORE (R) for not having to intervene in the presidential presidential results or convene a special legislative session to review the results. Last week, the president asked Kemp to resign.
Trump has also saved Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from tensions at a boiling point over the weekend when the Washington Post released the president’s audio pressuring Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to decant the state in their favor.
The crowd faded this Monday at the mention of Kemp and Raffensperger and Trump suggested he would even return to the state next year to campaign against the governor.
Georgia has undergone several audits and manual counts, each confirming that Biden had won the state by about 12,000 votes.
The state’s voting systems manager on Monday delivered a point-by-point earlier dismantling Trump’s numerous allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, alongside an easel that offered specific data checks that discredited several of the most common false accusations about criminals, dead people, and underage teens voting in large numbers. Trump repeated many of those claims during Monday’s rally.
The president alleged that there were irregularities in Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that cost him the election, although his legal team has not produced any evidence of widespread fraud in any of these states that has caused several legal defeats, including in the Supreme Court.
He questioned the legitimacy of the Dominion Voting Systems, repeating a widely disproved theory that the company’s machines contributed in some way to vote manipulation. The company has threatened to sue Trump and his allies for defamation for leaking inaccurate information about the machines.
Trump’s rhetoric has sparked Republican concern that he will deter Georgians from voting in an election that will win the party that can get the most voters. On Friday, in a series of tweets, he suggested that the by-elections were “invalid” in some way.
Trump gathered thousands of supporters in Dalton, a small town in northeastern Georgia, on the eve of the by-elections that will determine Senate control over the next two years. If one or both Loeffler or David Perdue
David Perdue Trump and Biden face new face-to-face contest on Georgia Harris: Trump’s Georgia phone call shows a “voice of despair” in the Senate swearing in six new lawmakers as the 117th Congress convenes MORE prevail over Warnock or Jon Ossoff, respectively, Republicans will retain majority control of the upper house. If both Warnock and Ossoff win, the chamber will be split between 50 and 50 between the two parties, with the vice president elected Kamala Harris
The inauguration of Kamala HarrisBiden will include “presidential listening” at the White House, Trump’s virtual parade, Biden will face a new face-to-face contest in Georgia Harris: Trump’s Georgia call shows a “voice of despair” MORE making tiebreaker.
Biden held his own rally in the state earlier Monday, noting the importance of Tuesday’s vote.
Trump is the most popular figure in his party and has a formidable fan base. Many Republicans believe having it in the state on the eve of the runoff outweighed the risks.
“I think there’s a lot of frustration and anger for November,” said Ralph Reed, the Georgia-based coalition of Faith and Freedom has knocked on thousands of doors to get a massive vote boost in recent weeks. “But I don’t think energy is a negative energy that will make people stay home.”
Perdue was unable to personally attend the Monday night rally while in quarantine after exposure to COVID-19. On the other hand, the virus was not mentioned at the rally, where attendees were packed closely with few masks.
Perdue and Loeffler have based all their hopes on re-election on Trump’s allegiance. The two have rarely broken up with the president or acknowledged that he will no longer be in office later this month.
Earlier Monday, Perdue defended Trump’s call for Raffensperger, instead of blaming the secretary of state for leaking the recording.
Loeffler said at the end of the day that he would oppose the state’s election results on Wednesday when Congress certifies the votes. When he announced his plans during Monday’s rally, he received applause.
The unfaithful devotion of Republican Party senators to Trump is a bet on the president’s popularity in a state he narrowly lost in November, but also served as the main line of attack for Biden when he concentrated in Atlanta. at the beginning of the day.
“As president, I don’t think your U.S. senators work for me. I think they work for the people of Georgia, “Biden told supporters at a participation event.” That’s why I don’t ask your senators to be loyal to me. I think they should be loyal to you, to Georgia, and to the Constitution of Georgia. “And if you vote for Jon and the Reverend, that’s what you’ll get.”