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Brendan Keefe

20 Nov, 9 tweets, 3 min read

Georgia governor calls 'election update' news conference.
GA Secretary of State announces certification, then pulls it back and says it hasn't happened yet.
The above, all on the same day Michigan lawmakers are at The White House, and VP Mike Pence is in Georgia.

To be clear, all of those are facts. I do not know if and how they're related here in Georgia. The governor had previously said 'let the chips fall where they may' when describing the audit/hand count. I have no idea what's next, but we're trying to fin out.

The president had tweeted few days ago demanding Gov. Kemp call in the General Assembly.
None of this is normal.

It's entirely possible that Gov. Kemp will announce that the Secretary of State has certified and he has added his certification as required by law. The events of the last few hours do not lend confidence to that possibility, yet it remains.

#BREAKING I have learned that the Secretary of State and Gov. Kemp WILL CERTIFY the Georgia election and the 5pm news conference will simple announce that. The Sec of State certification news release was sent out before the certification was official. It will happen, I am told.

#BREAKING This time for real:
Georgia Secretary of State has officially certified the election results. Gov. Kemp news conference in one hour will announce that he will add his certification as required by state law.

Well you heard it here first. All of the above occurred today, except that Gov. Kemp did not explicitly say he was about to sign the paperwork that he just signed.

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