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Biden made statements in Atlanta condemning violence and discrimination against the Asian American community after eight people, six of them Asian, were shot dead there Tuesday evening. But he used the second half of his speech to accredit Georgia with his victory and with the majority of Democrats in the Senate.
The president veiled his predecessor, who spent weeks challenging Georgia’s election results, making unproven allegations of fraud and pressuring state officials to overturn the result.
“The people of Georgia are angry, the people of the country are angry. And there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you’ve recalculated,” Trump said in a January phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R).
“All I want to do is this,” he continued. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we have won the state.”
Peach State is one of several this year where Republicans have introduced new restrictions on early and mail voting after the Democratic victories in November.
“This is a democracy. The right to vote is fundamental. The fact that there was a record turnout in America in the last election in the midst of a pandemic should be something we celebrate, not attack,” Biden said in written comments. .
“The fact that you have held free and fair elections in Georgia that were raised to recount after count, court case after court case, is something you should be proud of,” he continued. “The fact that your election workers, your election workers, your volunteers, your local officials, your state officials and your courts resisted the immense pressure with character, honesty and integrity helped save our democracy. And this country will be grateful for a long time. “
Biden won the state of Georgia and his 16 electoral votes by nearly 12,000 votes in November, turning around a state that Trump won in 2016 by more than 100,000 votes.
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Both defended the state’s electoral system and announced the impact of those victories in their Friday speech.
“For those people who already have or will soon have $ 1,400 in their pocket, you can thank Senators Warnock and Ossoff,” Biden said. “But by his vows, it wouldn’t have happened.”
Ossoff and Warnock gave Democrats 50 seats in the Senate, which, along with control of the White House, gave them a narrow majority.
Earlier this month, Congress approved Biden’s U.S. bailout plan, which included $ 1,400 checks, in a 50-49 vote through the budget reconciliation process, which requires a simple majority in both chambers.