Democrats declare victory in BOTH Georgia run-offs and control of the Senate: Jon Ossoff follows Raphael Warnock by claiming triumph as Republicans blame Trump for disaster - and he demands Pence overturn Joe Biden s win today in Congress
Jon Ossoff declared victory in his Senate race on Wednesday morning - despite the contest not being officially called
His win gives Democrats control of the upper chamber of Congress It is with humility that I thank the people of Georgia, Ossoff said
The Democratic victory came as Congress prepares to convene a Joint Session to certify Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election
Mitt Romney says Trump has disgraced the presidency for demanding Pence overturn the election - as GOP blames President s election fraud campaign for Georgia runoffs defeat
Republicans were quick to turn on President Donald Trump after losing a Senate seat Tuesday in Georgia s runoff elections and projections pointing toward the GOP losing control of the Senate It turns out that telling the voters that the election was rigged is not a great way to turn out your voters, Republican Senator Mitt Romney told reporters on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning
Georgia s voting system implementation manager Gabriel Sterling, a conservative, said Wednesday the president is 100 per cent to blame for Republicans losing
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Warnock on his historic Senate win, divisions in U.S. and lessons from Rep. John Lewis
Senator-elect Reverend Raphael Warnock is very grateful to the people of Georgia, who he said sent a strong and clear message by handing him a win over incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler in one of two state runoff elections Tuesday. They sent a person who grew up in public housing, one of 12 children in my family I m the first college graduate that I am serving in the United States Senate in a few days, pushes against the grain of so many expectations, he said on CBS This Morning Wednesday.
written and submitted by George McClellan
It can no longer be ignored that all politics are truly local. Georgia, with a Republican Governor, Assembly and Senate has a two year window to get redistricting done if their’s any hope of continuing the fight. Egos are the worst enemy of any political party. Former Senator Johnny Isakson’s ego started the problem by not quitting the Senate when his disease was first manifest, hanging on to the last minute. It was no secret; everybody knew a problem existed.
When Johnny did quit, Governor Kemp faced a quandary, who to appoint to fill the short six months remaining of his term. Egos again! Rep Doug Collins (Ga-9), who was slowly tarnishing his conservative voting record (75%) by joining the GOP elite House leadership, decided he should be Johnny’s replacement and he threw all away to go after it. I don’t fault Doug for wanting to pursue his ambitions, but it really wasn’t a well thought out plan. The governor didn’t
Democrat Raphael Warnock has won one U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, the Associated Press reported early Wednesday, leaving control of the chamber in question until the result of the state’s other runoff election is decided.