Trump Urges Supporters To Turn Out For Georgia GOP Senate Candidates
While President Donald Trump and his campaign continue pushing legal challenges over presidential election results in several key states, including Georgia, the president realizes this could affect turnouts of his supporters in the state's runoff elections. To make sure his backers do not boycott the two runoff elections in George, the president is warning Georgians that the election would play into the hands of some "sick people."
On Friday, Trump opened up about the possibility that his supporters could decide not to show up for the two Senate runoff election races. This concern is a result of his administration's unceasing legal attempts to overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia and several other key states, despite facing failure in most cases.
He reiterated his dubious claim that the recently concluded election, which he lost to Biden, was subject to widespread voter fraud. However, Trump went on to urge his supporters to turn out on behalf of the state's Republican Senate candidates Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
Moreover, the president even confirmed that he would be traveling to Georgia to support their campaigns in the coming weeks, CNN reported. Taking to his Twitter account on Nov. 27, Trump described the 2020 US Election as a total scam, baselessly claiming that they won by a lot and will hopefully reverse the results.
In his tweet, the president urged his backers in Georgia to make sure they help David and Kelly, who he touted as "two GREAT people." He also confirmed that he would be traveling to Georgia over the weekend. As expected, Twitter labeled the president's claim about the election fraud as disputed.
Georgia's runoff elections, which are slated to take place on Jan. 5, are particularly crucial for Trump as they will determine whether Republicans or Democrats will control the Senate. If Democrats win both races, they will get a 50-50 tie in Congress’ upper chamber, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris serving as the tiebreaker, Fox News reported.
The president spoke out after POLITICO reported on the possibility of him criticizing the mail-in voting and Georgia’s entire electoral system spoiling his own party's chances of winning the runoff elections. Donald Trump Jr. encouraged their supporters this week to not pay heed to calls to not turn up for the election.