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Election officials in the U.S. state of Georgia showed the tally on the live stream, but Trump supporters, protesting alleged election fraud, did not calm down. Suspicion of the electoral director, a republican. It even reported requests from Sen. Lindsay Graham, who has recently been loyal to Trump, to invalidate mail-in ballots.
Wolf Blitzer, CNN moderator
“It says Senator Graham was looking for ways to reject legal votes.”
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Senior Supervisor of Elections
“You can deduct that from your application to see exactly how many votes can be rejected.”
The electoral supervisor even received unequivocal threats from his friends in the party, citing: »You shouldn’t spoil this count. Your life depends on that. “
Ralf Neukich, DER SPIEGEL
»The electoral compilations in Georgia reminded me very much of the absurd theater; There are many factors that I would not have thought possible that would influence such an outcome. It’s a total disaster, at least in public view. In the end, however, one thing remains: the elections went smoothly in Georgia. There was no electoral fraud. The machines counted correctly. Manual counting has the same result as machine counting. And Joe Biden won the majority in Georgia. “
And it remains like this: the tally only changes the previous bottom line by a few hundred votes.
Biden was able to steal Trump’s votes, particularly in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Democrats also won in other larger cities. The political map of Georgia has changed, whether the incumbent wants to admit it or not.
The two-term race in the Georgia Senate will be more important, because this is where the future majority in the United States Senate will decide. The results of the Senate election were also extremely tight: Republican David Perdue won, but lost an absolute majority. The second round of elections for the two places expires on January 5.
Ralf Neukirch, DER SPIEGEL
“If the Democrats win these two rounds, the Senate will be 50 to 50. Then the Democrats will have 50 votes and the Republicans will have 50 votes.” And in this case the vote of the vice president or now vice president Kamala Harris decides.
The race is incredibly close. In the first round of voting, none of the candidates reached 50 percent. However, when adding the votes, the Republicans were slightly ahead of the two Senate elections. So it will be very, very difficult for the Democrats to win these two elections. «
David Perdue, Acting Senator
“If she wins, I will win. If I win, she wins. “
The two Republicans have already started their joint election campaign. They want to defend their mandates in the Senate and make it clear what they are really about:
Kelly Loeffler, Acting Senator
“Make no mistake: we are the protective wall. Not just for the United States Senate, but for the future of the United States. “
(Kelly Loeffler’s election commercial)
»Meet Raphael Warnock…«
Kelly Loeffler’s election commercial attacks her direct competitor, Pastor Raphael Warnock:
«… a Marxist, socialist …«
(Election commercial of David Perdue)
Now we take Georgia. Then we change America «
The Republicans’ tactics have been tried and tested: Their messages play on the fear of “radical” Democrats entering the Senate, with devastating consequences:
“When they are in charge, America will never be the same again. Save America – donate now. “
The amount of money that is destined to this new electoral campaign is considerable. The CNN news channel reports that candidates will invest more than $ 55 million in their campaigns by the end of the year, of which Republicans will spend the majority of the $ 47 million.
Democrats will likely go even further. Until now, moderator Jon Ossoff has been promoting topics like health policy, with the help of his wife, a doctor.
(Commercial choice Jon Ossoff)
“My husband, Jon Ossoff, has set a goal for everyone in Georgia to have access to health care.”
(Commercial from ReallyAmerican.com)
The so-called PACs, that is, the independent political support networks of the candidates, jump to the side of the Democrats with negative campaigns. Their claim: Republican senators had gotten rich on inside information about the pandemic on the stock market.
Ralf Neukirch, DER SPIEGEL
“The campaign is also dirty on a personal level. So Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock has to defend himself against violent attacks from his Republican opponent, who claims he is a socialist, has good relations with Fidel Castro, and wants to help socialism break through in Washington. Of course, these are all completely absurd claims that are easy to disprove. But it is an electoral campaign like the one Trump would do, full of lies and slander. And Mike Pence will also actively intervene in this election campaign, the vice president. So basically this is now a continuation of the presidential election campaign at the Senate level and it is being conducted by exactly the same disgusting means. “
President-elect Joe Biden will have to keep a close eye on Georgia: a Senate with a Republican majority would make governing much more difficult. Major Republicans have already announced a policy of lockdown. So the Georgia showdown is about nothing less than the next four years of American politics.
