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Donald Trump really wants to support his comrades from the Republican Party in Georgia in the election campaign. But the supposed help of the outgoing president of the United States is no longer appreciated by some Republicans. The reason is Trump’s ongoing and unsubstantiated claims that there was fraud and irregularities in the US presidential election.
“Mountains of disinformation don’t help this process, they only hurt,” Republican Lieutenant Governor of Georgia Geoff Duncan told CNN. He himself voted for Trump and supported him in the election campaign, Duncan said. “And unfortunately he didn’t win in Georgia.” When asked, Duncan even said, “It sucks.”
According to the New York Times, there is a growing fear among Republicans that Trump’s tirades could scare potential voters or even prevent them from running in the runoff for US senatorial seats in the state.
Georgia governor and secretary of state keep their distance
Trump had previously put Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp under pressure during a phone call. The president urged his party colleague to get the local parliament to overturn Joe Biden’s victory. If Kemp or the Georgia Secretary of State allowed signatures to be verified on ballots, he would win status “quickly and easily,” Trump later wrote on Twitter.
Then both Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger distanced themselves from Trump. Even calling a special session of the Senate “would undo the will of the people.” Republican Raffensperger told ABC broadcaster he was also disappointed with the election result. But in the end “the voice of the people spoke.”
Election in Georgia is vital
There, incumbent Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue will run for a new term on January 5. If one of the two prevails against one of the two Democratic rivals Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, the Republicans would have a majority in the Senate, and could block and hamper the crucial plans of future President Joe Biden.
In the November 3 elections, Republicans managed to secure 50 of the 100 seats in the parliamentary chamber. With just one senatorial seat from Georgia, they would have a majority. The Senate has to confirm important personnel decisions of the president.
If, on the other hand, Democrats succeed in winning both seats in Georgia, there would be a deadlock in the Senate. So, Democrat and vice president-elect Kamala Harris, who is also the president of the Senate, would have the last word in the event of a tie. President-elect Joe Biden’s Democrats would effectively have a majority. Recently, polls saw the two Democratic rivals very close in Georgia.
Once again, Trump repeated his thesis of the alleged electoral fraud in the November elections and sowed doubts about the electoral system, but paradoxically called to participate in the second round for senatorial positions in Georgia.
Trump also said that he would now “take back” the White House. “And then in 2024, and hopefully I won’t have to run then, we’ll take back the White House,” Trump said.
This is also a contradiction in terms: according to the US constitution, Trump is likely to only run in 2024 if he resigns as head of state in a few weeks – the US president’s term is limited. for two periods of four years each.
