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20 Dec, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Perdue’s camp told me last week that since his Senate term ends on Jan. 3 – two days before the runoff vote – he can’t participate in any Senate business until the runoff results are certified, a process that will take weeks. #gapol #gasen
ajc.com/politics/polit…
(Also, Trump’s message amplified a liberal operative who is openly working to sink the GOP incumbents in the #gasen runoffs. So there’s that.) #gapol
Says a (very perplexed) top Democratic Senate strategist, speaking for so many of us: “We’re living in an alternate universe.” #gapol #gasen

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21 Dec
As Congress closes in on coronavirus relief, Georgia’s Senate runoffs also factor into deal #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/as-co…
Expect to hear more Democrats make this case about the #gasen race in the coming days. #gapol
Ahead of coronavirus relief package vote, @ossoff says: “$600 won’t cover the rent or the bills that have piled up over months of inaction by Republicans in Congress.” #gapol #gasen Image
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20 Dec
.@AmericaFerrera to Latino voters at a runoff rally for Democratic Senate candidates in Gwinnett County: “We deserve to have our voices heard. Talk to every one you know — and remind them that this election is as consequential as the one in November.” #gapol #gasen Image
.@EvaLongoria: “We’re not from Georgia, but we're Americans — and Georgia, all eyes are on you again. Let me tell you — you guys saved the soul of this nation in November. And you're gonna do it again ...” #gapol #gasen Image
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20 Dec
A taste of the Christmas spirit in the #gasen runoff this week ... #gapol
A non-Christmas bonus #gasen
More #gasen Christmas cards, this time from a group supporting the Democratic candidates ... #gapol
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17 Dec
.@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. #gapol ajc.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.” #gapol ajc.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.” #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
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17 Dec
“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
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16 Dec
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
.@ReverendWarnock responds:
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