Georgia senate seats runoff(s) megathread

[Beet]

The Democrats blew Medicare for All so bad. Up until the 2019 primaries, it was a brilliant way of framing single payer and consequently very popular. However during the primaries, due to Bernie's need to be more pure to the left than everyone else, abolishing private insurance became a litmus test and once people realized that, its now something the Right uses to bash the Democrats over. It's just this sort of rush-to-the-extreme, self-defeating nonsense where the Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[Beet]

She's in a no-win position with the question about whether she believes Trump has lost.  If she says that Biden won, some people will not go out to vote for her.  But, if she says that Trump is going to still prevail, it will bring some suburbanites into Warnock's camp.  That question was one she realistically had no choice but to dodge.

Just a reminder that politicians do have the choice to say the right thing from time to time, rather than the politically expedient thing. That's always an option.

[Beet]

How exactly did that private call between Trump and Raffensperger get released?

Someone, presumably Raffensperger or his staff, recorded and released it. This is entirely legal in Georgia, a one-party consent state.

Why would they do that though?

Probably because Trump is threatening them and accusing them of covering up a crime and they are scared of getting into legal trouble.

[Beet]

If Warnock and Ossoff do indeed win, that means Biden has to send out the $2,000 checks.