Trump demands Georgia elections official overturn his defeat in hourlong call. ‘The data you have is wrong,’ Raffensperger replies. More on this pre-runoff push to reverse Trump's defeat here: #gapol#gasenajc.com/politics/polit…
“We believe we do have an accurate election,” Raffensperger said at one point.
Trump suggests the Republican #gasen candidates will go down in flames if Raffensperger doesn't reverse his election defeat. “It’s going to have a big impact on Tuesday if you guys don’t get this thing straightened out fast.” #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
Trump to Raffensperger: "They’re laughing at you. You’ve taken a state that’s a Republican state and you’ve made it almost impossible for a Republican to win because of cheating – because they cheated like nobody’s ever cheated before." #gapol#gasenajc.com/politics/polit…
Says Democratic Rep. @Carolyn4GA7, just sworn in to represent a suburban Atlanta district: “This is an outrage. I will use every power in my authority to reject Trump's desperate attacks on Georgia’s voters and our elections." #gapol
Atlanta Mayor @KeishaBottoms just now at a rally for Senate Democrats in Savannah:
"There's some audio of him calling the secretary of state, at times pleading with him to turn over the results of our elections here in Georgia. But we know that's not going to happen." #gasen
Senate Democratic candidate Jon @ossoff in Savannah:
“When the president of the United States calls up Georgia elections officials and tries to intimidate them to change the results of the election ... that is a direct attack on our democracy...” #gapol#gasen
After a recording shows Trump badgered Raffensperger to “find” nearly 12,000 votes to overturn the election results, the head of the Georgia GOP responds by venting outrage that the call was recorded in the first place ... #gapol
John Paul Jones Jr., 72, voted for the #gasen Rs in Macon. “I’mma go on, and get it over with,” Jones told the @ajc’s Carly Wanna. "Both sides make me sick” he said, citing the barrage of negative ads. Still, in his 54 years as a voter, he knows “that’s typical” politics.
.@GovKemp responds: “Let me tell you what I've been focused on today and I think it’s what Georgians want me to be focused on — and that is making sure if they need a hospital bed, they're going to get one.” #gapol
The unprecedented review of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes found that the Cobb Elections Department had “a 99.99% accuracy rate in performing correct signature verification procedures” and no fraudulent absentee votes, Georgia’s top elections official says. #gapol#gasen
Georgia’s audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes has done nothing to stop the president from attacking the integrity of the state’s vote. #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
.@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
.@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
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