Elected Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) Intervened Wednesday’s riot in the Capitol building, saying the senator. Kelly Loeffler
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“The president and all those who had enabled him, including Kelly Loeffler, against whom I opposed and who has not yet awarded this race, have their hands and their fingerprints,” Warnock said on SiriusXM’s The Joe Madison Show.
Loeffler’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
Warnock’s comments come a couple of days after he defeated Loeffler in the second round race in the Georgia Senate. His victory, along with Georgia’s fellow Democrat Jon Ossof, over Sen. David Perdue
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Loeffler, along with several GOP senators led by Sens. Ted Cruz
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Hours after the attack, Loeffler said he was abandoning his plans to oppose the results and condemned the violence.
“The events that have taken place have forced me to rethink and now I cannot conscientiously oppose the certification of these voters. The violence, illegality and siege of the halls of Congress are horrible and they constitute a direct attack on the intent of my objection .to protect the sanctity of the American democratic process, “Loeffler said.
While Hawley and Cruz condemned the violence Wednesday, the two Republican senators still voted to support objections to election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
“[Hawley and Cruz], are thinking about 2024 and this crazy notion that somehow if they appeal to the worst of people, they appeal to that base, that gives them a chance, “Warnock said.” So they were willing to sacrifice the nation, to sacrifice their most cherished democratic ideals, the peaceful transition of power by their own personal ambition. “
Four people died Wednesday amid riots, including a woman who was shot dead by Capitol police. Chaos ensued after an organized rally President Trump
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