as you can read in this story Key points Presidential TIED 47-47 among 1,150 LIKELY voters Both Senate races competitive, with Perdue leading Ossoff by 2, and in Special Warnock and Collins tied at 20 (behind Loeffler at 24) for 2nd run-off spot Margin of Error is 4%.. As far as the Special for Senate,…
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GA-Sen B: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D) Releases Ad Recalling Childhood Experience With Racism
Good stuff: x When I was 12, I was falsely accused of shoplifting in a grocery store. My experience dealing with structural inequality as a black kid is the same as many, and in the Senate, I will fight to level the playing field for all working Georgians. Watch my new ad now: pic.twitter.com/4PMzmPERxB— Reverend…
GA-Sen B: Watch Black Lives Matter Activists Bring The Heat To Kelly Loeffler's (R) Campaign Event
This is awesome: A campaign event for U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., in North Forsyth was interrupted by Black Lives Matter supporters on Thursday afternoon. About four individuals began chanting “Black lives matter” during Loeffler's remarks at the Sawnee Mountain Park community building during a campaign event attended by several local officials and U.S. Sen….
GA-Sen B: Raphael Warnock (D) Hits Back Against Racist Hackers Who Hijacked Virtual Meeting
This is infuriating: After a Hall County Democratic Party virtual meeting was interrupted by hackers targeting a U.S. Senate candidate, Georgia Democrats are criticizing the hackers’ racist messages and calling for unity. The local Democrats hosted a Zoom meeting the evening of Monday, Aug. 24, with U.S. Senate candidate the Rev. Raphael Warnock. However, the…
GA-Sen B: The Atlantic, “Can the Religious Left Flip the Bible Belt?”
Emma Green at The Atlantic has a great piece out profiling U.S. Senate candidate, Reverend Raphael Warnock (D. GA) and how Warnock being a major voice of the Religious Left can flip this Senate seat and win the Democrats a Senate Majority: Warnock wants to help Democrats remake the country. The pastor is hoping his…
GA-Sen A & B: SurveyUSA Poll Shows Tight Senate Races, Biden Beating Trump 46-44
More news out of Georgia today. First, the main Senate Race: Georgia Senate GE:David Perdue (R-inc) 44% (+3)Jon Ossoff (D) 41%@surveyusa/@11AliveNews, LV, 8/6-8https://t.co/4Je6G768GC #GAsen — Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 11, 2020 Here are some points on this race: * Among voters who strongly disapprove of GA Governor Brian Kemp’s response to COVID, Ossoff leads Perdue…
GA-Sen B: HuffPost, “Matt Lieberman (D) Wrote A Book Filled With Racist Tropes”
Huffington Post has a piece out about how U.S. Senate candidate, Matt Lieberman (D. GA), self published a book he wrote in 2018 called “Lucius” which is about an old man who believes he owned a slave for all for most of his adult life and how the slave could communicate with animals and plants….
GA-Sen B: WNBA Players Tell Loeffler (R) To F*** Off By Wearing Shirts Supporting Warnock (D)
Love this: x Don't boo…VOTE 🗳 Register to vote at https://t.co/zXnPqmFZQ7 #Vote2020 pic.twitter.com/4yMmEqgXMS— Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) August 4, 2020 The backlash against Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler is growing, with many WNBA players wearing “Vote Warnock” shirts ahead of their games on Tuesday night. The shirts refer to Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock, who is running…
GA-Sen B: Pete Buttigieg Wants To Replace A Corrupt GOPer With A Leader With Moral Integrity
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D. IN), in support of Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Friend, We're at an inflection point in our nation's history – and what we choose to do in this moment will define us. We can let the Republican Party…
GA-Sen A & B: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Keeps Up The Momentum For A Double Victory In Georgia
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: I've written to you about Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock before. They're both running for the U.S. Senate in Georgia. Yes, both. That's right: Two Senate seats, two elections, two very real chances to flip…
SC, MS & GA-Sen B: Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D. CA) Helps Send More Black Leaders To The Senate
Received this e-mail this from former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D. CA) in support of Jaime Harrison (D. SC), Mike Espy (D. MS) and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: x In 1992, I was one of four women elected to the US Senate, tripling the number of women Senators. Now I've launched…
GA-Sen B: Loeffler (R) Loses Her S*** Over WNBA Players Walking Off Court During National Anthem
From Newsweek: Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler publicized her disapproval of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) openly supporting Black Lives Matter again on Saturday. The Republican lawmaker's latest criticism came after New York Liberty and Seattle Storm players staged a national anthem walkout during an earlier game. Loeffler described the walkout as “shameful” on Twitter…
GA-Sen B: Some Major Corporate Donors Are Having Second Thoughts About Supporting Kelly Loeffler (R)
From CNN: x 1. Technically, Senator Kelly Loeffler is running to keep her seat. But she has decided to campaign against Black Lives Matter. Loeffler highlights her opposition to the movement in every campaign stop and TV appearance Who is supporting this campaign?https://t.co/3L1jHcoSWc— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 16, 2020 Sony and Target are re-evaluating their…
GA-Sen A: Ossoff (D) Calls For Law Requiring All Federal Officials Put Their Stocks In Blind Trusts
I like where’s going with this: A few days before she showed up at the state capitol on March 2 to qualify to run in a special election this year, Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s stock portfolio was very active. Records showed she and her husband Jeff Sprecher, whose company owns the New York Stock Exchange, sold stock…
GA-Sen B: Atlanta Dream Players Tell Kelly Loeffler (R) To F*** Off By Posting Their Support For BLM
Good: On the same day that Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) declared she had no intention of selling her ownership share in the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, the team's official Twitter account shared a message from players collectively repudiating her criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement. Written in their own voice, a Friday evening tweet that…
GA-Sen A & B: NARAL Endorses Both Jon Ossoff (D) & Rev. Raphael Warnock (D) For U.S. Senate
Some more big news today out of Georgia: x Honored to be endorsed by @NARAL. I look forward to fighting with you for reproductive justice for all. https://t.co/x1iruEHb4B— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) July 9, 2020 Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won the endorsement Thursday of NARAL Pro-Choice, the influential abortion rights group,…
AZ & GA-Sen B: NYT, “Republican Senators in Arizona and Georgia Have a Problem: The Base”
From The New York Times: As Representative Doug Collins went booth to booth at a recent Republican jamboree in northeast Georgia’s Rabun County, he was a hero, not an insurgent. No one knocked him for splitting the party with his bid against the state’s junior senator, Kelly Loeffler, who is also a Republican. For many…
GA-Sen B: PPP Shows A Toss Up Race While Joe Biden Beats Trump 49-45 In Georgia
Here’s the latest news out of Georgia courtesy of PPP: x GEORGIABiden 49% (+4)Trump 45%@ppppolls/@StopBigMoney (D) 6/25-26https://t.co/v9khAcf5Zq— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) June 29, 2020 A Public Policy Polling poll commissioned by End Citizens United (Jun. 25-26; 734 RVs; +/-3.6%) and shared exclusively with Hotline found Joe Biden ahead of President Trump and a close race among…
GA-Sen B: Jezebel, “NRA Queen Apparently Doesn't Think The Second Amendment Applies to Black People”
From Ashley Reese at Jezebel: Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler—who rose to national prominence after being implicated in an alleged covid-19 insider trading clusterfuck—has a fast and loose definition of who the second amendment applies to, despite presenting herself as a gun rights champion. And she made this loud and clear during a hilariously racist Fox News segment Thursday morning. During…
NC, SC, GA & TX-Sen: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D. NY) Helps The Next Blue Wave Sweep The South
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D. NY) in support of Cal Cunningham (D. NC), Jaime Harrison, Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) and MJ Hegar’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaigns: Picture this: It’s January 2021, and the following Democrats are being sworn in to the Senate: Senator Cal Cunningham (North Carolina) Senator…
