The outgoing president’s attempts to subvert the results of the November election could result in harming his party’s chances Tuesday in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs. Republicans there are worried. Donald Trump heads to the carpet and flooring hub of Dalton, Ga. for a rally Monday to help Republican candidates, Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.
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“It is a cliffhanger,” said former GOP Rep. Jack Kingston. “The Democrats have shown an extremely well-disciplined and organized get-out-the-vote machine. I’m envious of it.”
Still, Republicans noted their supporters typically vote in higher numbers than Democrats on election day and hope that Trump’s visit to Dalton will prod more conservatives to the polls.
“Democrats feel really good about where they are, but Republicans feel good about their chances of closing that gap,” said Brian Robinson, a Georgia GOP political consultant who is a former aide for Gov. Nathan Deal. “Trump is the best turnout machine for Republicans that there is.”
“If he drives the right message — which is the message that Loeffler and Perdue are driving, that this is the last check on socialism, the last check on a far-left Democratic agenda — then I think that could be very effective.”
The message going out across the country this morning is that electing Democrats Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock on Tuesday could be the last check on the Party of Trump following a career criminal over a cliff. Along with American democracy.
Reporters are attempting to ask the Fulton County District Attorney’s office if it plans to pursue an investigation into the president’s actions. Being a pathological liar likely too delusional to meet “state of mind” requirements for a criminal charge could immunize Trump from prosecution. What hangs in the balance is whether blanket coverage of Trump’s malfeasance today will depress Republican turnout in Georgia tomorrow.