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Trump blasts federal indictment as 'baseless' at first events since charges were unsealed
Read full article: Trump blasts federal indictment as 'baseless' at first events since charges were unsealedFormer President Donald Trump is blasting his historic federal indictment as “ridiculous” and “baseless.”.
In Georgia, Herschel Walker puts GOP in a holding pattern
Read full article: In Georgia, Herschel Walker puts GOP in a holding patternRepublicans’ U.S. Senate nomination in a premier battleground like Georgia is a plum political prize, but a year before GOP voters choose a nominee for the 2022 midterms, they have no clear options.
Clues about post-Trump politics await in Georgia
Read full article: Clues about post-Trump politics await in Georgia“The party has a real choice to make on where we go from here,” said Michael McNeely, a former Georgia Republican vice chairman. Trump fueled Republican turnout, especially in rural areas and small towns, that overwhelmed Democrats in states less diverse than Georgia. Plenty of Georgia Republicans embrace Trump’s imprint, at least publicly. “Absolutely four Republican votes in this house,” she said, including her young adult children casting absentee ballots. But all three are Democratic districts, and they include the two most concentrated Democratic districts, the 4th and 5th in the metro Atlanta core.
Perdue seeks payoff from Trump loyalty in Georgia runoff
Read full article: Perdue seeks payoff from Trump loyalty in Georgia runoff“He’s not flamboyant,” said Alec Poitevint, a Georgia businessman and GOP activist who serves as Perdue’s campaign chairman. Perdue's runoff campaign has focused on ensuring Trump's base shows up to vote again. Though Perdue hasn’t repeated Trump’s election fraud claims, he backed a failed Texas lawsuit that sought to invalidate Biden’s victory in Georgia. After the “Access Hollywood” recording of Trump boasting about groping women surfaced in the 2016 campaign, Perdue acknowledged that “this guy's no choir boy." Aside from rallies with Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, Perdue has sought to avoid the media spotlight.
Biden returns to Georgia as validator for Ossoff, Warnock
Read full article: Biden returns to Georgia as validator for Ossoff, WarnockDemocratic Georgia Senate challenger Jon Ossoff addresses supporters during a rally with the Rev. Democrats believe they have a helpful counter to the exaggerated attacks on Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock: President-elect Joe Biden. The Biden campaign and the national party also have raised about $10 million directly for Ossoff and Warnock. Georgia Democratic chair Nikema Williams, a congresswoman-elect from Atlanta, pushed back on the idea that Ossoff and Warnock need Biden to have a path to victory. Johnson, who worked on the Biden campaign, said it’s impossible to separate those issues from Biden himself.
Trump headed to Georgia as runoff boost, but also a threat
Read full article: Trump headed to Georgia as runoff boost, but also a threatPresident Donald Trump participates in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at the White House in Washington. Republicans acknowledge Trump as the GOP’s biggest turnout driver, including in Georgia, where Biden won by fewer than 13,000 votes out of about 5 million cast. “Followers of Trump will follow Trump, but they’re not blind to the huge stakes. Before November, Democrats dreaded a second Trump term more than Republicans feared Trump losing, Robinson reasoned. “I couldn’t be more excited to welcome” the president “back to Georgia,” Loeffler wrote on Twitter after Trump confirmed his plans.
Twin Senate runoffs in Georgia could shape Biden presidency
Read full article: Twin Senate runoffs in Georgia could shape Biden presidencyRepublican candidate for Senate Sen. David Perdue speaks during a campaign stop at Peachtree Dekalb Airport Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Atlanta. But if the Democratic challenger wins, the ambitions of a Biden presidency could well come down to Georgia. But if the Democratic challenger wins, the ambitions of a Biden presidency could well come down to Georgia. That was cemented Friday evening when Democrat Jon Ossoff and Georgia Sen. David Perdue narrowly advanced to a second round after three days of vote counting. Otherwise, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, could wield the power to block Biden.