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.”
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Beginning Sunday, shipments totaling 5.9 million doses of the Moderna vaccine may be sent to rural areas, smaller hospitals and local health departments. The first shots are expected to be given Monday.Credit.Andrew Kelly/Reuters
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the Covid-19 vaccine made by Moderna for emergency use, allowing the shipment of millions more doses across the nation and intensifying the debate over who will be next in line to get inoculated.
The move will make Moderna’s vaccine the second to reach the American public, after the one by Pfizer and BioNTech, which was authorized just one week ago.
Mr. Trump said he has spoken with Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville, Alabama Republican, who has left open the possibility of joining a long-shot bid from House conservatives to challenge the Electoral College results when they’re announced in Congress on Jan. 6.
“You have more support now than you had before the election,” Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani told the president.
“You know, it’s true,” Mr. Trump replied.
The Electoral College affirmed President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s win over Mr. Trump on Dec. 14.
Mr. Biden won by a 306-232 tally in the Electoral College and defeated Mr. Trump by more than 7 million votes in the national popular vote. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
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