council races, and county commission races, and state legislative races, and look now at politics as being an absolute necessity, an imperative for getting the kind of society that we want to see for ourselves, and our children. well to that point you are familiar with the u.s. senate and how it operates. what is the difference between a 50/50 senate or vice president harris needs to come in and be the tie breaking vote and 51 seats for democrats? if you have a 51, 49 majority which we hope that we will get with raphael warnock being reelected, you have an advantage on committees. you are much better able to move legislation and nominations through the committees. if they are split 50/50, the amount of time and effort that it takes to get something through a committee, to get it
the 2020 election, they are not exactly helping. his new post on truth social, you know, his knock off version of twitter, trump called for the quote termination of the u.s. constitution to overturn president biden s election victory. chaos, chaos and nothing more as a closing argument. out of the crucial election in georgia. let s bring in nbc news senior national political reporter, sahil kapur running the runoff in atlanta for us. sahil, how to senator runoff closing message compared to walker s campaign strategy in these final days? well alicia, the closing messages are largely the same as we saw head of the general election with one big difference. senate control is off the table now. democrats have clinched it, so it s become more of a candidate contrast. you see raphael warnock sharpen s message down the stretch, portrays opponent herschel walker as unqualified, woefully unfit. saying the man does not know what he is talking, about warnock also like to talk about policy on the
to the floor, to get a vote, over the threat of a filibuster ate up the clock. so the warnock elections and port, and both because he has done an exact blurry job as senator. and he is someone who i look up to as a real, leader of conscience and conviction and accomplishment. but it also will help the senate run more effectively, going forward. you know what republicans have promised, their promise investigation,-palooza. you are familiar. what this type how does this generation of democrats contrasts their vision, whether it is they want to do for america, what the political stance or republicans are offering? i think that s a great question, i think our side of the aisle can do a better job in continuously pointing out the differences. because in addition to their promise, not just threats and promise to engaging all kinds of investigations in the house,
the excitement that s happening on the ground, i think georgia voters are demonstrating once again the degree to which they take, there are citizenship and their stewardship of our democracy very seriously. but they re also demonstrating which we re talking about earlier, that this means on a mattress of the country but it means something to georgians. and the stark difference between the choices is not lost in any way, shape or form on these voters. their understanding about what needs to happen and what they need to do to make sure that we get a candidate like senator warnock and not the other is again, significant in the way that they understand what s happening. kendra, there was some reporting today and the new york times that i want to ask you. quote the winner of today s election will serve and that has been overwhelmingly white throughout its history. but a race that may seem like a trial for black political prior has sort of complicated mix of emotions for many black georgia
never have been possible without the rise of trump and trumpism. well trumpist underway from georgia, during the runoff election. his words, his obsession over the 2020 election, they are not exactly helping. and who post on truth social you know, has not operation of twitter, trump called for the quote termination of the u.s. constitution to overturn president biden s election victory. chaos, chaos and nothing more as a closing argument. out of the crucial election in georgia. like spring and nbc news senior political reporter, sahil kapur running the runoff in atlanta for us. sahil, how to senator runoff closing message compared to walker s campaign strategy in these final days? well alicia, the closing messages are largely the same as we saw head of the general election with one big difference. senate control is off the table now. then across have clinched it so it s become more of a candidate contrast. you see raphael warnock sharpen s message down the stretch, portrays opponent