.@GovKemp is fed up with the unrelenting attacks from conspiracy theorists calling on him to overturn President-elect Biden’s victory in Georgia. But he’s even more enraged that some of those peddlers are targeting his wife and three daughters. #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
@GovKemp Of a potential GOP challenge: “I’m ready for any kind of fight that anybody wants to have – Republican primary general election, whatever it is.” #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
Kemp: “I can assure you I can handle myself. And if they’re brave enough to come out from underneath that keyboard or behind it, we can have a little conversation if they would like to.” #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
“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
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