Ad Spending Soars in Georgia Races With Stakes Far Beyond Georgia
With control of the Senate up for grabs, the two Georgia runoff races have come to feel more like national elections than statewide ones.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. campaigning for the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Atlanta on Tuesday. The races have taken on national significance with control of the Senate on the line.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Published Dec. 20, 2020Updated Jan. 2, 2021
The message from President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. that streamed across television screens in Georgia on Friday was simple, direct and dire: “Let me be clear: I need Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the United States Senate.”
AOC, who often uses social media to demystify the inner workings of the U.S. government, walked followers through every step of the vaccination process in a series of Instagram Stories posted on Friday, December 18.
While wearing two masks, Ocasio-Cortez offered to answer any questions about the experience along the way, “I would never, ever ask you to do something I wasn’t willing to do myself,” she wrote on Instagram on December 19, alongside a collection of her videos. “Yesterday, in accordance with national security protocols, Congress began to get vaccinated. I documented the entire process and am here to answer all of your questions to help you feel as comfortable as possible with your health care decisions.”
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the first members of New York City s congressional caucus to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, turning her experience into a public service announcement on the benefits of getting the vaccine.
The Bronx/Queens pol representing the 14th Congressional District chronicled her experience on Instagram the moment she was heading down to receive the shot at Capitol Hill.
On her Instagram story feed, the social media maven who has 8.5 million followers on Instagram and 10.9 million followers on Twitter is seen with her right sleeve rolled up as a technician administers the vaccine produced by Pfizer, which was authorized for emergency use by the FDA last week.
Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey get first doses of coronavirus vaccine
By Jess Bidgood Globe Staff,Updated December 19, 2020, 9:26 p.m.
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Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are the latest among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who have publicly announced their vaccinations in an effort to stave off skepticism about the shots, which were approved for emergency use this month.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
WASHINGTON â Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey on Saturday morning received their first doses of the vaccine for COVID-19.
âAt the advice of the Office of the Attending Physician for the continuity of government, we both received the first of two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday,â the Massachusetts Democrats said in a joint statement. âThe vaccine is safe, effective, and will save lives.â