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V is for Vote: What The Georgia Results Mean For Our Country
V is for Vote: What The Georgia Results Mean For Our Country
With Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock taking Senate victories in Georgia, Democrats take control in Washington.
With Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock taking Senate victories in Georgia, Democrats take control in Washington.
January 9, 2021
In a closely-watched race, Democrats officially took control of the Senate on Wednesday following the Georgia runoff election wins of Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock in razor-thin margins.
These victories give Democrats control of both Congress and the White House for the first time since 2011, seeing a 50-50 party split in the Senate which gives Democratic Vice President-elect Kamala Harris power to be the tiebreaker vote. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York will now control the Senate floor, rather than Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky who has been
Something’s coming, something good
If I can wait!
But it is
– “Something’s Coming” from “West Side Story”, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
The last act of the most recent presidential election has played out and Joe Biden will be the next president. But a mob, literally taking over the Capitol Building as the electoral votes were being certified, with the direct encouragement of the president, overshadowed the Democrats’ double victory in two Senate elections in Georgia. The Democrats now control the Senate and the House of Representatives – and will hold the White House within two weeks. When that happens, Donald Trump will be an ordinary private citizen, regardless of what he thinks about it.
Wednesday was supposed to be a day of jubilation for organizers in Georgia. Early that morning, news organizations projected that the Rev Raphael Warnock, a Democratic would win an upset victory over Senator Kelly Loeffler, making him the first Black senator ever elected from the state. Jon Ossoff was on the verge of defeating David Perdue in a second runoff. It was a dual result that would give Democrats control of the US Senate, and the first.