“We are grateful — and that goes to everyone across the state who are at the front lines.”
Georgia @GovKemp is at Grady Memorial, where the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine in Atlanta are about to be administered to medical workers. #gapol
Kemp says he struck a deal with legislative leaders to spend about $70M thru March to help nursing homes and hospitals administer the vaccine, boost staff and handle the surge of coronavirus cases. #gapol
“There’s a light at the end of the tunnel,” says Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Georgia’s top doc. #gapol
A little pre-vaccine humor.
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Shortly after voting, @SenatorLoeffler says she hasn’t decided yet whether she will object to Joe Biden’s electors on Jan. 6 in Congress.
“I haven't looked at it,” she says, adding: “January 6 is a long way out and there’s a lot to play out between now and then.” #gapol#gasen
She also isn’t acknowledging @JoeBiden’s victory, though several GOP leaders have publicly congratulated the Democrat for winning.
“My focus right now is on my race,” she says, pivoting to an attack on @ReverendWarnock. #gapol#gasen
.@JoeBiden: "Georgia wasn't going to be bullied. Georgia wasn't going to be silenced. Georgia wasn't going to stand by and let Donald Trump or the state of Texas - or anyone else - come here and toss out your votes." #gapol#gasen
.@staceyabrams: “Well, we’ve got to do it again, guys ... While 161,000 Georgians face eviction this year if we don't get relief, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are writing strongly worded letters to a baseball team.” #gapol#gasen
Atlanta Mayor @KeishaBottoms: “Because you dared to use the power of your vote, the moral arc of this country now bends toward a more just America.” #gapol
The Democratic #gasen ticket has arrived in Atlanta. #gapol
.@ReverendWarnock after the Electoral College vote: “The four most powerful words in a democracy are: ‘The people have spoken’ ...Politicians are playing games, as if this is their democracy. They’re going to find out come Jan 5 that this is the people’s democracy.” #gasen#gapol
New: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the state will conduct a limited signature match audit in Cobb County, with the results to be released in two weeks. #gapol
State elections official @GabrielSterling says the audit, which matches signatures on absentee ballot envelopes with signatures in the registry, will not affect Biden’s victory in the state. #gapol
Hmmm ... I am at the Capitol where Democratic electors are about to vote. And I spotted a few GOP electors behind this door, as well as some Georgia Republican officials. A guy at the door called it an “education meeting” and scrambled when I tried to walk in. #gapol
I headed upstairs, where Georgia’s 16 Democratic electors aren’t behind closed doors, but assembled in the state Senate ready to cast their votes for Joe Biden. #gapol
Here’s what a GOP elector told me for a story that ran on the @ajc front page today: #gapol