Georgia on our minds

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🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

As the dust settled after the November election, it became clear that the balance of power in Washington would all hinge on two Senate runoffs in Georgia. Whether President-elect Joe Biden will be able to accomplish major parts of his agenda, whether Congress will remain gridlocked, whether there will be single party rule or a still divided government -- it all comes down to Georgia.

Attention, money and volunteers have poured into the state. But how much do we really understand about Georgia’s politics or history? Our host Martine Powers and producer Ted Muldoon bring us today’s dispatch from Georgia about these two runoff races, the history that led up to them and the ways that real and perceived voter suppression have collided in this one remarkable political moment.

The Post’s political reporter Cleve Wootson has been reporting on the runoffs from Georgia for more than a month -- including looking at the massive amount of money and attention on the races. Records show Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock each raised more than $100 million in two months.

President Trump has been blasting Georgia’s election system. Many Republicans plan to vote in the Senate runoffs anyway.

In Georgia Senate runoffs, the focus — and the fire — is on Raphael Warnock.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
0:09.0	I'm Martin Powers.
0:11.0	It's Wednesday, December 30th.
0:18.1	In the days after it was officially declared that Georgia's two Senate races were going
0:22.4	to go into run-offs and that those run-offs were going to decide control of the Senate
0:27.2	in the future of the country, there was this TikTok that went totally viral over the
0:32.6	Internet.
0:34.8	It was from the kind of user named Adrian Elliott and it stars this guy.
0:39.0	He's kind of like this hipster looking guy with long hair and a tank top.
0:43.1	He looks kind of bored.
0:44.7	And the caption of the TikTok is, me in Los Angeles talking to voters in Georgia.
0:50.6	This guy, he puts his phone up to his ear and his whole demeanor suddenly changes.
0:55.4	Good afternoon, this is Megan from Alpharetta.
0:57.5	I'm called from Miss Petunia.
0:59.4	Hey Miss Petunia, how's the weather over there indicator?
1:03.2	Oh yes, it is lovely here today in Alpharetta.
1:06.7	Clearly he's not in Alpharetta and clearly this is the fakes southern accent.
1:11.8	I'm so sorry to bother you on the Lord's Day but I just wanted to make sure that y'all
1:15.4	were all set up for our run-off election for Senate on January 5th.
1:21.2	Oh well bless y'all, yes, yes we have Pastor Warnock and we have Mr. Ossoff.
1:32.6	Wonderful that's great news.
1:34.3	Okay well thanks so much y'all have a great day.
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