The debate was hosted by the Atlanta Press club and georgia public broadcasting. Good evening and welcome. I am russ spencer. And you are watching the Atlanta Press club debate series. We are broadcasting from the studio of the georgia public broadcasting in atlanta, and we welcome viewers from across the state and the country. This is the runoff debate for u. S. Senate to fill the seat held by georgia senator Kelly Loeffler. Lets meet the candidates. In alphabetical order, republican candidate Kelly Loeffler, appointed to the senate in january 2020 to replace retiring georgia senator johnny isakson. She is part owner of the atlanta dream. Candidate Raphael Warnock is the Senior Pastor at Ebenezer Baptist church in atlanta. The church where Martin Luther king jr. Was pastor. Lets meet our panel. Greg bluestein is a political reporter with the atlanta journalconstitution. Rayam the debate will be divided into three rounds and candidates will have 60 seconds to answer question and 30 sec
Biden feeling good right now hes standing back and hes saying continue to count those absentee ballots because he knows that hes more and more likely to get some support from all of those ballots that were meldon in the weeks before the election now when it comes to trump hes getting more and more frustrated because exactly what we thought would happen happened which was that in person voting typically tended to go more towards trump and then all of those absentee ballots continued to go more and more toward the fight and so now trump is coming out hes saying that the results are fraudulent hes alleging that a lot of these absentee ballots are now being brought in to offset his lead and of course he is saying that he wants to take legal action as a result of that now of course like you said hes looking at michigan wanting to fall lawsuit there to stop the ballot counting hes looking at wisconsin and wanting to call for a very count there altogether which would of course add more time t
It is a tremendous honor to introduce our guest tonight, senator mitt romney. Growing up in utah, i can see from002 olympic ski jumps my backyard. Senator romney helped save those olympics and forever transformed my home state. From running for president turnout representing the state of utah in the senate he has exhibited the best of American Leadership in private and public sectors, getting results well detaining the utmost character and integrity. Thank you for being here to share your perspective with us tonight. Tonights event is cosponsored by the College Republicans and the Bipartisan Coalition. I will now handed over to our moderator for the evening, the geopolitics executive director. Matt, thank you for your generous introduction, and for your continued participation, not just at the institute, but your leadership at the mcchord school. I want to thank the georgetown andege republicans Bipartisan Coalition for joining us and putting on this event. I want to thank all of you w
Listen on the free cspan radio app. Now, utah republican senator mitt romney takes part in a Georgetown University ritual conversation on American Leadership during times of crisis, specifically the coronavirus pandemic. He criticizes the governments initial response to the pandemic, saying he thought the world was surprised at the u. S. Efforts. From earlier this week, this is over one hour. Good evening and thank you for joining tonights virtual form hosted by the to do politics and public services, commonly referred to as geopolitics. The school ofin Public Policy and the school of business. At georgetown, ive had the opportunity to attend many geopolitics fellow discussions and events. Im also part of a team launching a new student organization, the mcchord refugee and policy organization. Our guest tonight, senator mitt romney. It is a tremendous honor to introduce him. Shipg up, growing up or saved his leadership saves dealer picks and helped the economy of my state. Republicanth
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