The AJC's great reporter Greg @Bluestein presses @KLoeffler twice on wether the November election was "rigged". She refuses to answer directly- but pivots to stay that there are "issues" that need to be looked into.
Asked pointed questions about his remarks about police and the military from the pulpit of his church, @ReverendWarnock promises that he will be an ally of law enforcement and work to bridge gaps between police and the community.
Warnock's sermons continue to be a direct line of attack by @KLoeffler- she continues to call him a "radical liberal" and describes herself as a Christian who has not read anywhere in the Bible where it calls for attacks on law enforcement and the military.
There is no doubt @KLoeffler came prepared to respond to questions about President Trump's unfounded attacks on the electoral process.. she has avoided directly undermining the system but leaving enough room for GOP voters to believe she supports Trump's ill fated quest.
Warnock hammers Loeffler for the convenient stock trades.
Saying she had only been in the Senate "three weeks, you probably hadn't even unpacked yet, before you started dumping stocks."
Warnock asks Loeffler directly-
"Did Donald Trump lose the Presidential Election?"
Loeffler goes back to her long winded prepared response... but she never answers the direct question.
Every time Loeffler talks about Warnock she calls him:
"Radical Liberal Raphael Warnock."
Asked directly by @bluestein about Trump's attacks on Gov Brian Kemp- @KLoeffler refuses to defend Kemp and attempted to side step the question pushing back to her stock answers without directly addressing the issue. She was asked three different times.
The follow up from the moderator asks specifically if President Trump won or lost the election.
Asked twice (and she's already been asked several times)
Loeffler still won't say if she believes Trump will be President after January 20th. (Side note.. he won't be)
Now it's Warnock's turn to deflect.. He's pressed twice about wether or not he supports adding Supreme Court Justices. His answer after being pressed the second time is "I'm just not focused on it".. while going on to other topics.
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As @KLoeffler attempts to fire up the crowd in Valdosta - asking them to “vote early” and “request an absentee ballot”.. the crowd responds with chants of “stop the steal!!” #gasen#gapol
Today in series of tweets President Trump has attacked the signature match system in Georgia- a key part of its absentee ballot process.
Sign at tonight’s rally reads:
“Request your absentee ballot right now!”
The two candidates on the ballot in this vitally important #GASen runoff, spoke from the stage for a grand total of roughly 10 minutes. Their speeches came an hour and a half before Trump is expected to take the stage.
On the ground in Georgia today in support of the GOP Candidates in the #GASen runoff- @GOPChairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
McDaniel speaking to a crowd in Marietta. Neither of the two Republicans candidates are here with her.
She promises “I’m gonna be in your state so much.”
Mocking Dem candidate @ReverendWarnock- McDaniel tells the crowd not to be swayed by Warnock’s ads with his dog.
“Just because there is a nice looking man with a dog licking his face- that doesn’t mean we should vote for him.”
McDaniel now taking questions from supporters.. and they are ALL about Trump’s claims the election was run fraudulently.
We are awaiting President Trump in Macon, GA for what will be his third event of the day. State Rep. Vernon Jones- a noted Trump supporter who is black and a Democrat proclaimed that “President Trump has created more jobs for African-Americans going back to probably slavery.”
Sen. David Perdue in a tough re-election fight just told the crowd that President Donald Trump's election was "providential" and suggested God had a hand in electing Trump as President.
Perdue then warned the crowd of a potential liberal take over of government with "Bernie and Elizabeth and Kah-mah-la or Kah-ma-la or Kamamboamamla or however you say it." (Perdue has served with Kamala Harris in the Senate for 3 years)
Scenes from today’s Trump rally in Greenville, NC:
*A sign asking people to wear masks (few are)
*A t-shirt touting “herd immunity”
*A t-shirt calling for the US to “invade Greenland”.
Not pictured- organizers asking rally goers to cover up shirts that say “F**ck your feelings.”
North Carolina is as important as any state on the map for President Trump. He won here by 4pts in 2016. A NYTimes/ Siena poll this morning shows him trailing by 4pts.
President Trump just called former North Carolina Congressman Mark Meadows on stage to cheers. Touting Meadows.. Trump said “I just test positive and Mark didn’t care he jumped on that helicopter. Why? He’s from North Carolina!”
NEW- In ongoing call with Governors- President Trump is scolding their response to the crisis.
Trump blamed protests on "radical left" and then said:
“The only time it's successful is when you’re weak and most of you are weak.”
MORE- on call Illinois @GovPritzker called Trump out for his rhetoric:
“I have been extraordinarily concerned with the rhetoric coming out of the WH is making it worse. People are feeling real pain out there. We have to have national leadership in calling for calm."
Trump responded to Pritzker:
"I don’t like your rhetoric either."
THREAD.. apologies in advance.. I've covered the @BernieSanders since December of '18. Indulge me as I take a look back at the roller coaster ride of a campaign that ended today.
First off- a HUGE thanks to @AnnieGrayerCNN & @GregJKrieg my teammates that made the job easy.
My first story on the Sanders beat was before he announced his candidacy. A tense meeting in mid- January with former staffers to reconcile sexual harassment accusations from the 2016 campaign.
Sanders officially announced about a month later.. and made his presence known with a huge fundraising haul in the first 24 hours.
Funny aside- we national reporters had a 7am embargo and all got scooped on the official announcement by VT Public Radio.