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What Trump’s “Blackmail” Means for the Georgia Senate Election
In the US state of Georgia, which Senate party will decide on Tuesday. Now, Donald Trump’s attempt to “turn around” his defeat in Georgia is sparking additional explosives.
Give Donald Trump one thing: fight like a lion for his position. Although this fight is completely hopeless. The Electoral College elected Democrat Joe Biden as president of the United States on December 14. Congress in Washington will confirm this result on Wednesday despite Republican interruptions.
But Trump still doesn’t want to admit defeat. This is demonstrated by an hour-long telephone conversation with Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s election minister. Biden won the southern state on November 4 as the first Democrat since Bill Clinton in 1992, albeit relatively narrowly by around 12,000 votes.
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Trump cannot and does not want to accept that, as the recording of the phone call published by the Washington Post on Sunday shows. Despite the fact that the result was recounted twice in Georgia and sealed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, Trump still believed Saturday that he could “turn it around.”
“Mr. President, your information is incorrect»
“It can’t be that he lost Georgia,” the president-elect complained, saying the missing votes could “find him.” Brad Raffensperger was audibly uncomfortable with the conversation, but was adamant: “Mr. President, your data is incorrect, “said the Republican, who has always called himself a Trump fan.
It is true that Trump did not directly ask the secretary of state to manipulate the result. To American commentators, however, it is obvious that the president himself, who constantly complains about alleged electoral fraud, tries to change the outcome of a flawless election with “blackmail” methods in his favor.
Stalemate Helps Democrats
The process is also spicy because on Tuesday it will be decided in Georgia of all places which party will control the Senate in Washington. There will be a runoff for both Senate seats in Georgia because no candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round, as required by election law in the state of Peachtree.
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Two Republican incumbents, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, are challenged by Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. If they prevail, there will be a deadlock in the Senate with 50:50 seats. In that case, Vice President Kamala Harris would have a casting vote as Speaker of the Senate and Democrats could set the agenda in the Senate.
Republicans are eluding
This would make it easier for President Biden to achieve his political goals. Consequently, the fighting in Georgia is fierce and carries huge financial costs. In the latest polls, the two Democrats lead, but just under two percent each and therefore within the margin of error.
For Perdue and Loeffler, the starting position is difficult. They act like Trump fans, but they also have to score in the political center. Their dilemma was revealed last Friday when the Senate overruled a presidential veto on the defense budget for the first time. Georgia senators avoided voting. Kelly Loeffler declined to say how she would have voted on Fox News on Sunday.
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams described Perdue and Loeffler on Sunday in front of NBC as “useless hypocrites.” It also doesn’t help that Donald Trump described the Senate elections in Georgia on Friday as “illegal and invalid” like the previous presidential elections.
Trump and Biden on site
However, the president wants to promote both candidates from his party on Monday in the city of Dalton. Joe Biden is also expected to be in Georgia the day before the election. Kamala Harris already performed with Ossoff and Warnock on Sunday. She described Trump’s phone call to Brad Raffensperger as a “flagrant abuse of power.”
Will this revelation hurt the two Republicans? Local party activists fear, according to CNN, that the president’s attacks on the outcome of the Georgia elections will convince many of his supporters that their vote will not count in the Senate elections. However, the determination of Trump fans should not be underestimated.
“A very tough fight”
That was evident on November 4, when Trump garnered more than 74 million votes, far more than expected. He lost because more than 80 million eligible voters wanted to get rid of him. It is quite possible that Republicans can keep their seats in Georgia, with a majority in the Senate, and make life difficult for Joe Biden.
“It’s going to be a very tough fight,” Stacey Abrams warned CNN. The black Democrat, whose committed commitment was critical to Biden’s victory in Georgia, referred to the once again high number of votes per letter. Therefore, it could be “a few days” before the result is known, Abrams said. But we already know that.
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