Tag: Georgia

Trump Campaign Responds to Audio Recording of Call Between President and Georgia Secretary of State

The Trump campaign has responded to the full audio recording, obtained and released by The Washington Post on Sunday, of a call between President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, which focused on issues of election integrity. The Washington Post initially released snippets of Saturday’s hour-long call, which also involved the participation…


Trump to Campaign Monday for Georgia Republicans Facing Runoffs

President Donald Trump is traveling to Georgia on Monday to campaign for two Republican senators who hope to beat Democratic challengers in this week’s runoff elections. Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) is facing pastor Raphael Warnock, while filmmaker Jon Ossoff is challenging David Perdue (R-Ga.). Senate terms are staggered but the two races are happening in…


Ossoff, Loeffler Make Their Cases 2 Days Before Critical Georgia Runoffs

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and Senate Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff on Sunday made their cases for why voters should pick them in the Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections. Loeffler is facing pastor Raphael Warnock while Ossoff is trying to unseat Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.). Ossoff, who would be the youngest U.S. senator since 1981 if…


Georgia Lawmaker Jones: Vote to Keep Socialism From Our Communities

Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones, a lifelong Democrat who is a supporter of President Donald Trump, on Jan. 2 called on voters to back Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) in this week’s crucial U.S. Senate runoffs that may determine control of the upper chamber, saying that there is “so much at stake”…


Georgia Rep. Vernon Jones: Vote to Keep Socialism From Our Communities

Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones (D-Ga.), a Democrat who is a supporter of President Donald Trump, on Jan. 2 called on voters to back Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) ahead of this week’s crucial U.S. Senate runoffs set to determine control of the upper chamber, saying that there is “so much at…


Patrick Byrne Claims ‘Fake Ballots’ Found in Georgia County

Patrick Byrne, the founder and former CEO of Overstock, claimed in a string of Twitter posts on New Year’s Day that “fake ballots” were found in Fulton County, Georgia. “On a tip, our operative entered the Fulton County (Atlanta) Warehouse and took this series of photos: THESE ARE FAKE BALLOTS,” he wrote in one post….


Trump: Georgia Secretary of State ‘Unable’ to Answer Questions About ‘Ballots Under Table’

President Donald Trump said that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was unable to answer questions about boxes of ballots being wheeled out from under a table after Republican poll workers were told by Fulton County officials that vote-counting was done for the night on Nov. 3. “I spoke to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger…


Trump: Georgia Secretary of State ‘Unable’ to Answer ‘Ballots Under Table’ Questions; Raffensperger Says It’s ‘Not True’

President Donald Trump said that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was unable to answer questions about boxes of ballots being wheeled out from under a table after Republican poll workers were told by Fulton County officials that vote-counting was done for the night on Nov. 3. “I spoke to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger…


Georgia Republican Senators Not Part of Group Joining Planned Election Challenge

The two Georgia senators who are facing runoff elections next week were not part of the group of Republicans who announced Saturday they will join in objections during the upcoming joint session of Congress. The names of Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) were noticeably absent from the joint statement released by the…


The Nation Speaks (Jan. 2): Rep. Vernon Jones on What’s at Stake in Georgia; What Polling Can Tell Us About GA Runoff Elections; 2020 Year in Review

In this episode of The Nation Speaks, we sit down with Rep. Vernon Jones to talk about what’s at stake in Georgia. Then, we take a look at what polling can tell us about the Georgia Senate runoff elections with Craig Keshishian, senior advisor at InsiderAdvantage and Robert Cahaly, chief pollster at the Trafalgar Group….