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Need, next. Good morning, everybody. We are so happy you are with us early on this saturday. It is october 17th. Im lindsey reiser. And im kendis gibson. Thank you so much for joining us. Lots going on here on this saturday morning that we have to get to. Lets begin on the campaign trail, because its going to be a very busy day on the race to the white house. Were just 17 days to go. Both candidates are on the trail this weekend, making appearances in critical background states. Last night, President Trump speaking for nearly two hours at a rally in macon, georgia, taking aim at his democratic counterpart, using familiar tactics. Lock them up. You should lock them up. Lock up the bidens. Lock up hillary. [ crowd chanting ] lock him up. Meantime, joe biden spoke at a drivein rally in the motor city, detroit, where he slammed the president for shrugging off a plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer. All the president does ....
U. S. Senate. Republican senators david perdue and Kelly Loeffler are facing democratic challengers jon ossoff and the reverend Raphael Warnock respectively. Georgia has not elected a democrat to the senate since 1996. Last month joe biden became the first democrat to win georgia in a president ial race since 92. Now, President Trump spent this evening rallying supporters in valdosta, georgia. He urged the crowd of course to vote for the incumbents, while also saying that the election he just lost was rigged. That contradictions pretty glaring. Urging people to take part in a process he maintains is irredeemably fraudulent. But that narrative is everywhere. Even behind the scenes. This was the wifi password for reporters at tonights rally. Rigged election. Exclamation point. The president s push to overturn the electio ....
Days. Inheriting a country divided, a country still ravaged by covid19. But tonight a hopeful north star. A vaccine is finally on its way. This is american voices. Tonight after nonstop defeats in federal court, donald trump is taking his flailing voter fraud theorys to georgia. He is desperate. And in just an hours time, the American Public will hear their president attack the very democratic system he has sworn to protect. What a normal president would be doing tonight is getting to georgia to turn out the vote for republican senators Kelly Loeffler and david perdue. Both are in runoffs that determine which Party Controls the chamber. But tonight the president has made it clear he is less concerned about his partys future. He is only worried about staying in office, which will not happen. And because he is still sore ....
Not bowing to his undemocratic wishes, especially in georgia. The Atlanta Journal constitution reports that just today President Trump called Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and pressed kemp to call a special session of the Georgia Legislature to somehow overturn the november election results. Kemp has once again declined trumps request. Well, that rejection likely will not sit well with trump whos been heavily targeting kemp and their republican parties secretary of state. It Means Nothing because they dont want to check signatures. If youre not going to check signatures in georgia, it doesnt work. But we have a secretary of state and a governor who made it very difficult to check signatures. Wh ....
With three crucial spending bills up in the air right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york welcome to the week. Today marks four weeks since joe biden was projected as the president elect, and today marks one month until voters in georgia set the tone for the u. S. Senate. Republican senators david perdue and Kelly Loeffler are facing democratic challengers jon ossoff and the reverend Raphael Warnock respectively. Georgia has not elected a democrat to the senate since 1996. Last month joe biden became the first democrat to win georgia in a president ial race since 92. Now, President Trump spent this evening rallying supporters in valdosta, georgia. He urged the crowd of course to vote for the incumbents, while also saying that the election he just ....