Georgia Republicans Deliver Persistent Message: Fear the Democrats
Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are resting their re-election hopes on a strategy that calls more attention to what they’re against than what they support.
Senator Kelly Loeffler spoke with supporters on Thursday after a campaign event in Norcross, Ga.Credit.Dustin Chambers for The New York Times
Published Dec. 31, 2020Updated Jan. 5, 2021
NORCROSS, Ga. The biggest applause lines in Senator Kelly Loeffler’s stump speech are not about Ms. Loeffler at all.
When the crowd is most engaged, including Thursday morning at a community pavilion in suburban Atlanta, Ms. Loeffler invokes President Trump or attacks her Democratic opponents as socialists and Marxists. Her own policy platforms are rarely mentioned.
Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are resting their re-election hopes on a strategy that calls more attention to what they’re against than what they support.
A lighting ceremony commemorating the American lives lost to COVID-19 will be organised on the eve of the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Churches across the country are also being asked to ring bells in the honour of the departed souls, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) said on Thursday. Biden, 78, would be sworn in as the president on January 20 at the US Capitol overlooking the majestic national mall. He would succeed Donald Trump, 74, as the 46th US president. Because of coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 344,000 and infected nearly 20 million people in the US, the inauguration is going to be a low key affair this year, Biden and his team had earlier announced.
Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue is quarantining after possible exposure to the coronavirus ahead of one of two crucial runoff elections in the state that will determine what party controls the United States Senate.
Georgia Sen. David Perdue is quarantining with his wife after coming into close contact with someone that tested positive for the coronavirus, his campaign said Thursday.
News of his possible exposure to the virus comes with just days to go until his state s runoff election for his senate seat.
His campaign said Perdue was notified of the exposure Thursday morning. The campaign said in a statement that, Both Senator Perdue and his wife tested negative today, but following his doctor s recommendations and in accordance with CDC guidelines, they will quarantine.
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