Trump takes the stage in GA and it's immediate, unfiltered denial:

"I've had two elections. I won both of them."
Trump warns that Democrats want "unchecked, unrestrained, absolute power over every aspect of your lives."

Then he vows not to respect the election outcome: "They're not taking this White House. We're going to fight like hell."
More projection from Trump: "There's nothing radical Democrats won't do to get power, like the radical stealing of elections."
And then, on Pence, the quiet part out loud: "And I hope Mike Pence comes through for us, I have to tell you..if he doesn't come through, I won't like him quite as much."
Now, on to attacking Kemp and Raffensperger:

"Your governor and your SOS, they're petrified of Stacey Abrams ... They say they're Republicans...I don't think so."

"I'll be here in about a year and a half, campaigning against your governor and your crazy secretary of state."
Trump playing the hits, but halfheartedly:

"Remember the caravans? The caravans are starting to form. Here they come."
Keeps snapping back to the matter at hand, threatens Republicans about implicit primary challenges ahead of Electoral College certification:

"People will remember the people who don't support us," Trump says, bluntly.
Now, he's venting about the Supreme Court "not stepping up to the plate."

"They say, Sir, you don't have standing. How about that?! I'm the president of the United States... What kind of a legal system is that?"
"These senate seats are truly the last line of defense," Trump says, before quickly noting that isn't tantamount to him conceding the presidency.

"I don't concede."
Loeffler takes the stage to tout that she "will object to the Electoral College vote" on Jan. 6. "We're going to get it done."
Okay. And now we have QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene up to the stage.

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