Input your search keywords and press Enter.

A Split Screen for the Trump Era: Barrier Breaking in Georgia, Violence in Washington

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that, Mr. Warnock wrote. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. He added, in his own words, Let each of us try to be a light to see our country out of this dark moment.
The two Senate races in Georgia, held one day before the Senate was to certify President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.s victory, were runoffs after the November general election. Mr. Warnock defeated Senator Kelly Loeffler, who served for a year after being appointed to the seat by Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia. Mr. Ossoff defeated David Perdue, who was elected to the Senate six years ago and had been so confident of his electoral position that he refused to debate Mr. Ossoff last month.
With 98 percent of the vote counted on Wednesday evening, Mr. Warnock led Ms. Loeffler by about 68,000 votes, and Mr. Ossoff was ahead by about 33,000 votes.
Georgia has not sent a Democrat to the Senate in two decades, and the party succeeded this year by focusing heavily on voter registration and turnout, particularly in suburban counties and in Atlanta and Savannah. It was a strategy engineered in part by Stacey Abrams, the former state House leader and candidate for governor, who has focused on combating voter suppression in the state.
Mr. Warnock and Mr. Ossoff earned support from a multicultural electorate, powered by Black voters, and built on years of organizing work led primarily by Black women in the state. In addition, a Republican election official, Gabriel Sterling, said directly Wednesday what many in his party had worried might come to pass: that Mr. Trump was to blame for the G.O.P.s losses after sowing doubt in the electoral process.read more

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *