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Senate Debates Held in GA Ahead of January Runoff as Trump Tries to Overturn Presidential Vote Outcome

HeadlineDec 07, 2020

In Georgia, two Senate debates were held Sunday night ahead of the state’s January 5 runoff election, which will decide who controls the U.S. Senate. In the first debate, Senator David Perdue refused to take part, so Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff stood on stage along with an empty podium set aside for Perdue. In the second debate, Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler sparred with Democratic challenger Rev. Raphael Warnock. Loeffler refused to admit Trump lost the November election.

On Saturday, Trump held a campaign rally in Georgia with Perdue and Loeffler. Trump spent most of the rally falsely claiming that he had won in the November election. He also attacked Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp. Earlier on Saturday Trump called Kemp to urge him to call the Republican-led state Legislature back into session so it could appoint Trump-supporting electors essentially to overturn the election. Kemp refused to do so.

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