Vice President Mike Pence lived by his reputation for being "on-message Mike" Thursday, as he delivered a short, scripted speech to less than a thousand people that were gathered on the tarmac of Augusta's airport. He lauded the two GOP candidates, Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
Both Loeffler and Perdue are involved in tight runoffs next month in a bid to keep their seats. Legislators across the state heard a series of conspiracy theories about a plot to steal the election from President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. These conspiracy theories have already been debunked, CNN reported.
During his speech, which clocked in at under 30 minutes, Pence said if Republicans fail to maintain the seats, Democrats will get control of the Senate, and this will jeopardize their radical agenda, which he claims is for "American greatness," while Republicans' agenda is for "American decline."
In his concise speech, Pence told the crowd that Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff's agenda includes a socialist agenda of the Green New Deal and government-run health care. The central premise of his argument is based on the view that there is a Senate majority at risk. In other words, a 50-50 split would give the vice president a chance to break the tie.
If Democrats get an opportunity to break the tie, it means Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, not Pence, would cast the deciding vote. In his speech, Pence barely spoke about Trump's failures in courts to offer any evidence of widespread voter fraud to overturn the election results. Still, he looked more focused on convincing the crowd that the Senate majority was at stake.
With the Senate on the line, both parties and allied groups are sparing no expense in terms of advertising and get-out-the-vote drives to influence the Jan. 5 vote. Following Pence's Friday campaign, Trump held a rally in Georgia on Saturday, while former President Barack Obama held a virtual rally for the Democrats, and Biden is likely to campaign there as well, according to Bloomberg.
As soon as they constitutionally convene, the Republican Senate majority caucus noted that they w improve their election laws to protect their electoral process by getting rid of at-will absentee voting, NBC News reported. Furthermore, he said they will require photo identification for absentee voting for cause and will take strong action to stop ballot harvesting by banning drop boxes.
There is no evidence to back Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud in American elections. This has also been affirmed by the president's own voter fraud commission and a considerable number of academic studies.