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Dec 14, 2020 10:05 AM EST
Previously in the Georgia senate event, extraordinary runoff races are happening as this will decide which party will control the U.S. Senate. Democratic candidates Rev. Warnock and Ossoff have combined efforts to win Georgia s Senate seats and give each party 50 seats at the upper house.
But currently, Democrat Raphael Warnock is struggling as he fights back accusations of anti-Semitism with Rep. Ilhan Omar jumped into the Georgia senate event picture after she fortified Mr. Warnock after he was criticized for saying that nobody can serve God and the military in 2011, calling the GOP reproach a disgrace and shameful.
The campaign of Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who faces Mr. Warnock in the run-off, issued a statement Saturday accusing CAIR of “amplifying the voices of notorious anti-Semites such as Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib – both of whom are participating in CAIR’s campaign event tomorrow night for Warnock.”
“It’s no surprise to see such a radical fringe group support Raphael Warnock,” said the Loeffler campaign. “On Israel, CAIR and Warnock’s beliefs align perfectly. Warnock has been repeatedly exposed for his anti-Israel positions.”
Murtaza Khwaja, CAIR-Georgia legal and policy director, countered that the virtual gathering, co-sponsored by the Georgia Muslim Voter Project, is aimed at getting out the vote and not endorsing any political candidate.