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As Senate Hinges On Georgia, GOP Mostly Silent On Biden's Victory

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🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

President Trump may be on his way out, but Republicans will have to rely on his voters to hold power in the Senate. If Democrats win two runoff elections in Georgia on January 5, they will win a narrow Senate majority.

Stephen Fowler of Georgia Public Broadcasting explains how Republicans in Georgia are attacking the state's election process.

LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund, explains how Democrats in Georgia turned out voters in the presidential race.

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0:00.0

So, what's the end game here?

0:03.0

The president has every right to look into allegations and to request recounts under

0:07.8

law.

0:08.8

Leading Republicans like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have so far refused to

0:13.6

acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden's victory, even as that margin of victory has continued

0:18.7

to grow the more votes are counted.

0:21.2

As of Tuesday afternoon, only four Republican senators have publicly acknowledged it.

0:26.3

McConnell, who spoke on the Senate for Monday, is not one of them.

0:30.0

The projections and commentary of the press do not get veto power over the legal rights

0:36.5

of any citizen, including the president of the United States.

0:41.8

But the press have also projected victory for many Republican Senate candidates.

0:46.1

In fact, just hours after he spoke on the Senate floor, McConnell held a photo-op with four

0:51.0

of them.

0:52.0

New Republican senators from Wyoming, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kansas.

0:59.5

He took no questions.

1:02.9

But there are two Republican senators up for re-election, whose races are not over.

1:08.8

President-elect Joe Biden's agenda now shaped by the outcome of two Senate races in Georgia.

1:15.0

In Georgia, where both Republican Senate candidates ran against more than one opponent, both

1:19.9

of them failed to win 50 percent of the vote.

1:22.8

By state law, the election now heads to a runoff in January between the top two candidates.

1:28.5

The GOP wins one or both seats, Republicans will control a narrow majority.

1:33.0

With GOP leader Mitch McConnell setting the chambers agenda, no matter what Biden wants

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