President-elect Joe Biden made his final proposal on Monday to Georgia voters to give him a Democratic Senate to work in Washington, asking them to elect Democrats Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock in the second round of Tuesday’s election. -market.
“Guys, that’s it, it’s a new year and tomorrow could be a new day for Atlanta, Georgia and America,” said Biden at a drive-in rally in Atlanta. “
Referring to the fact that his own victory in Georgia was the first time a Democrat has conquered the state in a presidential race since 1992, Biden told voters that “we need you to vote again in record numbers.
“Georgia, the whole nation is looking for you,” he said. “A state can set the course not only for the next four years, but for the next generation.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Dalton on Monday night to increase support for incumbent Sens Republicans. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
The dubious speeches come a day after the audio of an hour-long phone call between Trump and the Georgia secretary of state, in which the president unsuccessfully pressured the official to overturn the results of his state’s election, which Biden won for little less of 12,000 votes.
Biden did not make a direct reference to the appeal, but said that “politicians cannot take, assert or take power”.
“Power is given, given only by the American people,” he said. “The will of the people must prevail.”
“I don’t know why he wants the job,” Biden said a moment earlier about Trump. “He doesn’t want to do the job.”
Biden criticized Loeffler and Perdue on Monday as “senators who think their loyalty is to Donald Trump, not to Georgia”. Only Loeffler will be in a position to vote on Wednesday, when a group of Republican senators intend to oppose the results of the presidential election, part of a futile effort to nullify Biden’s victory.
Biden acknowledged that much of his political agenda is at stake in the two critical disputes that will determine Senate control. If the Democrats win both, they will take control of the House.
“With their votes in the Senate, we can make the progress we need,” said Biden, referring to policy areas such as jobs, health and the environment. He added that a Democratic majority in the Senate could guarantee the sending of $ 2,000 stimulus checks to qualified individuals and alleviate obstacles to the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine.
If Democrats regain control of the Senate, Biden is more likely to stick to his agenda more, as Democrats also occupy the House. If at least one of the two Republican candidates wins, the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Will have a say in Biden’s legislative agenda, senior management and judicial appointments.
