GA: Biden Returns As Validator For Ossoff, Warnock: Wall St. Billionaires Back GOP In GA Senate Race

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- Democratic Georgia Senate challenger Jon Ossoff addresses supporters during a rally with the Rev. Rafael Warnock in Atlanta on the first day of early voting for the senate runoff Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

AP News, 12/15/20. ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans eager to cement GOP control of the U.S. Senate have branded Georgia’s Democratic candidates as puppets who would ensure a leftist takeover of the federal government if Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler aren’t reelected.

Democrats believe they have a helpful counter to the exaggerated attacks on Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock: President-elect Joe Biden, fresh off the Electoral College confirming his victory. The first Democratic presidential candidate to win Georgia since 1992, Biden will return to the state Tuesday to campaign alongside Ossoff and Warnock ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections. The runoffs will determine which party controls the Senate and shape the legislative ambitions of Biden’s presidency.

They also will serve as an early test of Biden’s power as president-elect while President Donald Trump continues to fight the election results by falsely claiming widespread voter fraud — even though election officials across the country, including Republican leaders in Georgia, have confirmed the election was not marred by fraud.

Democrats see Biden, who campaigned as a mainstream unifying figure, as well suited to make his party’s case in Georgia, an emerging battleground where a Democratic victory statewide still requires plenty of support from moderates — and perhaps even Republican-leaning independents. “The president-elect can motivate our base but also what we call the Biden coalition,” said Tharon Johnson, previously a senior adviser to Biden’s Georgia campaign.

“That means the progressives, the liberals, the moderates — and I’d add some suburban Republicans and even some rural voters who might have gotten away from us before.”...

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-senate-elections-georgia-72f2d2d08580503bbc7f430aa45448fc
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- 'Wall Street donates millions to back Republicans in Georgia Senate race,' Billionaire Republicans on Wall Street have donated millions to protect David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler’s Senate seats. The Guardian, Dec. 15, 2020.

Billionaire Republicans on Wall Street have been opening their wallets to try and protect David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler’s Senate seats in January 5’s high-stakes runoff in Georgia against two Democrat challengers.

Two super Pacs are planning to spend about $80m on ads and other efforts backing the Republicans.

Among donors are top finance CEOs Stephen Schwarzman, of Blackstone Group, and Kenneth Griffin, of Citadel LLC, who have donated millions to the Senate Leadership Fund super Pac which is supporting Perdue, according to campaign finance records.

Last month, Schwarzman, who briefly was the chair of Donald Trump’s strategic and policy forum, contributed $15m and Griffin donated $10m to the Pac; while earlier in the year, the Pac received $20m from Schwarzman and $25m from Griffin...

More, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/15/georgia-senate-race-wall-street-donates-millions-back-republicans

[CrispyQ]

1. There's always so much hand wringing over the possibility of a democratic WH & Congress

but never when it's a republican flush. So sick of the double standard.

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3. Soshialism!!

[Wednesdays]

2. K&R. nt