Georgia senate seats runoff(s) megathread

[QAnonKelly]

If Perdue backs the $2k checks, I'm voting for Ossoff. I don't see the point of voting R on the basis of fiscal conservatism if they're not going to even try to be fiscally prudent.

There it is:

https://twitter.com/Perduesenate/status/1343943989804867585

Sad it had to come to this, but I guess Ossoff it is. I've frankly lost all respect for Perdue at this point. It's pretty clear he'll do whatever Trump wants regardless of ideology, which is just not what I'm looking for in a Senator.

If Dems win, I also hope they don't interpret the votes of voters like me as a full-sale approval of their fiscal policy. I don't think Dems should jumping so quickly on this more free money for everyone train either. I hope the party remembers this if they want my vote in 2022.

Don’t take this the wrong way but did you have respect for Perdue when he told people to pray for Obama to die?

[forsythvoter]

If Perdue backs the $2k checks, I'm voting for Ossoff. I don't see the point of voting R on the basis of fiscal conservatism if they're not going to even try to be fiscally prudent.

There it is:

https://twitter.com/Perduesenate/status/1343943989804867585

Sad it had to come to this, but I guess Ossoff it is. I've frankly lost all respect for Perdue at this point. It's pretty clear he'll do whatever Trump wants regardless of ideology, which is just not what I'm looking for in a Senator.

If Dems win, I also hope they don't interpret the votes of voters like me as a full-sale approval of their fiscal policy. I don't think Dems should jumping so quickly on this more free money for everyone train either. I hope the party remembers this if they want my vote in 2022.

Don’t take this the wrong way but did you have respect for Perdue when he told people to pray for Obama to die?

I do somewhat remember that incident and did find it offensive but it didn't impact policy like this situation does. IIRC, Perdue claimed he was just joking, which is I suppose is believable or not believable depending on the voter.

[brucejoel99]

If Perdue backs the $2k checks, I'm voting for Ossoff. I don't see the point of voting R on the basis of fiscal conservatism if they're not going to even try to be fiscally prudent.

There it is:

https://twitter.com/Perduesenate/status/1343943989804867585

Sad it had to come to this, but I guess Ossoff it is. I've frankly lost all respect for Perdue at this point. It's pretty clear he'll do whatever Trump wants regardless of ideology, which is just not what I'm looking for in a Senator.

If Dems win, I also hope they don't interpret the votes of voters like me as a full-sale approval of their fiscal policy. I don't think Dems should jumping so quickly on this more free money for everyone train either. I hope the party remembers this if they want my vote in 2022.

Don’t take this the wrong way but did you have respect for Perdue when he told people to pray for Obama to die?

I do somewhat remember that incident and did find it offensive but it didn't impact policy like this situation does. IIRC, Perdue claimed he was just joking, which is I suppose is believable or not believable depending on the voter.

Personally, given when said incident occurred (the summer of 2016), I always just interpreted it as him being thankful that his time in office was (obviously) coming to an end & that he'd hopefully be replaced by a Republican.

[QAnonKelly]

If Perdue backs the $2k checks, I'm voting for Ossoff. I don't see the point of voting R on the basis of fiscal conservatism if they're not going to even try to be fiscally prudent.

There it is:

https://twitter.com/Perduesenate/status/1343943989804867585

Sad it had to come to this, but I guess Ossoff it is. I've frankly lost all respect for Perdue at this point. It's pretty clear he'll do whatever Trump wants regardless of ideology, which is just not what I'm looking for in a Senator.

If Dems win, I also hope they don't interpret the votes of voters like me as a full-sale approval of their fiscal policy. I don't think Dems should jumping so quickly on this more free money for everyone train either. I hope the party remembers this if they want my vote in 2022.

Don’t take this the wrong way but did you have respect for Perdue when he told people to pray for Obama to die?

I do somewhat remember that incident and did find it offensive but it didn't impact policy like this situation does. IIRC, Perdue claimed he was just joking, which is I suppose is believable or not believable depending on the voter.

Personally, given when said incident occurred (the summer of 2016), I always just interpreted it as him being thankful that his time in office was (obviously) coming to an end & that he'd hopefully be replaced by a Republican.

This is the rest of the passage he was quoting

8. Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
9. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10. Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11. Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
12. Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
13. Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

This is implying death. I will give him the benefit of the doubt that time in office is probably what he meant but he should have used a better quote.

[compucomp]

inb4 Atlas says 'populist' rock-solid conservatives in rural GA matter more to Loeffler/Perdue than fiscally responsible Atlanta suburbanites like forsythvoter

This, but unironically. Loeffler and Perdue cannot afford to lose what would otherwise be 100% votes in their favor, except that Trump, Ossoff, and Warnock are essentially waving $100 bills in their face.

[roxas11]

I said it before and I will say it again
Trump is really going out his way to hurt Mitch McConnell lol

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1343998076084748288

At this point its clear that he really does not want this man to be the Senate majority leader any longer

[Senator Spark]

Let's go Ossoff and Warnock!

[xavier110]

I said it before and I will it say again
Trump is really going out his way to hurt Mitch McConnell lol

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1343998076084748288

At this point its clear that he really does not want this man to be the Senate majority leader any longer

I think this is all a power game and he hates the power McConnell still wields. He wants to be the only person of power in the GOP.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I said it before and I will it say again
Trump is really going out his way to hurt Mitch McConnell lol

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1343998076084748288
At this point its clear that he really does not want this man to be the Senate majority leader any longer

I think this is all a power game and he hates the power McConnell still wields. He wants to be the only person of power in the GOP.

Of course.  Remember Trump saying in 2016 "I alone can fix it"?  He doesn't want anyone else to be seen as accomplishing something.

[QAnonKelly]

I said it before and I will it say again
Trump is really going out his way to hurt Mitch McConnell lol

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1343998076084748288

At this point its clear that he really does not want this man to be the Senate majority leader any longer

I think this is all a power game and he hates the power McConnell still wields. He wants to be the only person of power in the GOP.

Probably this and the fact that he’s called Biden the President Elect.

[brucejoel99]

I said it before and I will say it again
Trump is really going out his way to hurt Mitch McConnell lol

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1343998076084748288

At this point its clear that he really does not want this man to be the Senate majority leader any longer

2020 is really proving to be the greatest real-life political drama of all-time.

[UWS]

Frankly, Warnock is doomed.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/camper-recounts-abuse-at-warnock-church-camp/?fbclid=IwAR3LN6zxGJRCbMrI_uI22lSnMUg5hxY13XxWZSyRtEIXTrpEHHuvu5g2jn0

https://twitter.com/AnOpenSecret/status/1343672938927685633

https://nypost.com/2020/12/28/warnock-church-camper-opens-up-about-camp-abuse/

[BudgieForce]

Frankly, Warnock is doomed.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/camper-recounts-abuse-at-warnock-church-camp/?fbclid=IwAR3LN6zxGJRCbMrI_uI22lSnMUg5hxY13XxWZSyRtEIXTrpEHHuvu5g2jn0

https://twitter.com/AnOpenSecret/status/1343672938927685633

https://nypost.com/2020/12/28/warnock-church-camper-opens-up-about-camp-abuse/

Marty beat you to the punch yesterday.

[brucejoel99]

Frankly, Warnock is doomed.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/camper-recounts-abuse-at-warnock-church-camp/?fbclid=IwAR3LN6zxGJRCbMrI_uI22lSnMUg5hxY13XxWZSyRtEIXTrpEHHuvu5g2jn0

https://twitter.com/AnOpenSecret/status/1343672938927685633

https://nypost.com/2020/12/28/warnock-church-camper-opens-up-about-camp-abuse/

Frankly, lol

[Frenchrepublican]

If Perdue backs the $2k checks, I'm voting for Ossoff. I don't see the point of voting R on the basis of fiscal conservatism if they're not going to even try to be fiscally prudent.

There it is:

https://twitter.com/Perduesenate/status/1343943989804867585

Sad it had to come to this, but I guess Ossoff it is. I've frankly lost all respect for Perdue at this point. It's pretty clear he'll do whatever Trump wants regardless of ideology, which is just not what I'm looking for in a Senator.

If Dems win, I also hope they don't interpret the votes of voters like me as a full-sale approval of their fiscal policy. I don't think Dems should jumping so quickly on this more free money for everyone train either. I hope the party remembers this if they want my vote in 2022.

I think you're doing a big error here, this election is not about theoricial principles and conservatism ideology. Obviously giving a big check to everyone, even to the people whose incomes have not been affected by the lockdown measures is stupid, a such measure is poorly targeted and wasteful, but it's also very popular, including in GA, and Perdue has no other choice than backing it (especially with Trump throwing his support behind it). Now you have to think about the post Trump era, about the longer term, and here the difference between a Schumer led Senate and a GOP led one will be huge, if Biden has a dem majority in the Senate you can expect many more wasteful spendings and the public debt would probably jump quickly to +$30 billions (Krugman is already calling for some New Great society programs), if republicans hold the Senate, and even if they are imperfect, they would at least be able to refrain some of these insane spendings from happening

[roxas11]

Frankly, Warnock is doomed.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/camper-recounts-abuse-at-warnock-church-camp/?fbclid=IwAR3LN6zxGJRCbMrI_uI22lSnMUg5hxY13XxWZSyRtEIXTrpEHHuvu5g2jn0

https://twitter.com/AnOpenSecret/status/1343672938927685633

https://nypost.com/2020/12/28/warnock-church-camper-opens-up-about-camp-abuse/

Wait isnt this same BS that somebody tried to push yesterday lol
even the New york post article you posted was from yeasterday.


Bottom line
this poor attempt at a smear campaign it clearly not getting any real traction or attention outside of the right wing media bubble  and if this is the best you guys can do than it is no wonder that even a far right pollsters like Trafalgar Group is now showing the GOP losing The GA election...
 
        

[DrScholl]

The economy needs money flowing into through spending. Even if not everyone receiving a check has lost income it is good for the economy for those people to spend money too. This "you need to earn it" moralizing needs to end. I'm not saying that no one should work, just that the finger wagging lectures are tiresome.

[swf541]

The economy needs money flowing into through spending. Even if not everyone receiving a check has lost income it is good for the economy for those people to spend money too. This "you need to earn it" moralizing needs to end. I'm not saying that no one should work, just that the finger wagging lectures are tiresome.

[roxas11]

Frankly, Warnock is doomed.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/camper-recounts-abuse-at-warnock-church-camp/?fbclid=IwAR3LN6zxGJRCbMrI_uI22lSnMUg5hxY13XxWZSyRtEIXTrpEHHuvu5g2jn0

https://twitter.com/AnOpenSecret/status/1343672938927685633

https://nypost.com/2020/12/28/warnock-church-camper-opens-up-about-camp-abuse/

even the crazy fools on predictit are not buying into this poor attempt at a smear campaign since Warnock numbers have been going up all day and Kelly Loeffler numbers has been on the decline.

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/6567/Which-party-will-win-the-US-Senate-special-election-in-Georgia-in-2020

[BudgieForce]

I'm not getting my hopes up for either race, but McConnell coming in like Scrooge McDuck and torpedoing any chance of a $2000 stimulus is definitely unhelpful for both republicans.

Loeffler and Perdue do not want the race to become a referendum on McConnell, but he's doing a good job of putting himself at the forefront.

[roxas11]

I'm not getting my hopes up for either race, but McConnell coming in like Scrooge McDuck and torpedoing any chance of a $2000 stimulus is definitely unhelpful for both republicans.

Loeffler and Perdue do not want the race to become a referendum on McConnell, but he's doing a good job of putting himself at the forefront.

That's too bad because Trump clearly wants this a be referendum on McConnell and he seem to be going out of his way to hurt him

he even tweeted support for Bernie filibuster against McConnell

[WD]

https://twitter.com/DJJudd/status/1344058519356628999

https://twitter.com/DJJudd/status/1344058519356628999

[Cyrusman]

I said it before and I will say it again
Trump is really going out his way to hurt Mitch McConnell lol

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1343998076084748288

At this point its clear that he really does not want this man to be the Senate majority leader any longer

What incentive is there for Trump to hurt Mitch McConnell and the Republican Party? Like seriously what incentive or advantage? He’s actively campaigning for Perdue and Loeffler yet wants to hurt Mitch and the senate GOP?
I’m trying to put the puzzle together but I don’t get it

[Rookie Yinzer]

My friend who was in Pennsylvania taking care of a family issue during the general and too lazy to do a mail-in ballot voted in person for Ossoff/Warnock today. (After I bugged them)

[wbrocks67]

God, Perdue/Loeffler are so craven. They were railing against the $2000 checks this entire time, and of course only when it became politically expedient for them, they jumped on board. They're not even good at acting as if they aren't terrible.