With a record number of voters already having voted in early Georgia, President Donald Trump attacked the Senate’s second round in Peach State, calling it “illegal and invalid”.
Trump is scheduled to appear at a rally in Dalton on Monday to support Republican Party candidates Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Sen. David Perdue, who are facing Democratic opponents Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, respectively.
Tuesday’s runoff will determine the US Senate’s balance of power and both parties are spending hundreds of millions of dollars and sending heavyweights to convince voters.
But on Friday night, Trump questioned the legitimacy of Georgia’s votes and criticized the bipartisan decree agreed in March that set standards for judging valid signatures on missing ballots.
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Starting by attacking the “massive corruption” he claims to have occurred in the November general election, he tweeted that “it should be noted that state legislatures were in no way responsible for the major changes made to the voting process, rules and regulations , many hastily done before the election. “
“Therefore, the entire state election is not legal or constitutional. Furthermore, Georgia’s consent decree is unconstitutional and the 2020 state presidential election is therefore illegal and invalid, and that would include the current two senatorial elections,” he added. .
The consent decree allows voters to fix ballots with an alleged incompatibility between their signature and the signature that electoral officials have on file. Trump argued that the consent decree was illegal because the decision did not involve state legislatures.
…. changes made to the voting process, rules and regulations, many made hastily before the election and, therefore, the entire State Election is not legal or Constitutional. In addition, the Georgia Consent Decree is unconstitutional and the 2020 State Presidential Elections ….
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021
…. is therefore illegal and invalid, and that would include the two current Senate elections. In Wisconsin, voters who do not ask for registration invalidate the election. All of this without even discussing the millions of fraudulent votes that have been cast or changed!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021
Trump also reviewed unfounded allegations of electoral fraud in the battlefield state of Wisconsin that went to President-elect Joe Biden on the topic that generated a health warning on Twitter that allegations of electoral fraud are disputed. Newsweek contacted Perdue and Loeffler for comment.
Trump’s claims come as the numbers reveal a record number of voters already voting. According to Georgia Votes, 3,001,017 people voted after the last day of the three-week personal voting period.
This is about 600,000 less than at the same point in the 2020 general election, but it breaks the record for a runoff in Georgia, ABC News reported. Of those who voted before Tuesday’s second round, 928,069 were absent by mail and 2,072,948 voted in person.
Some 115,389 people who did not vote in the general election have already voted for the second round. Perdue’s advantage over Ossoff in November was 88,098 votes.
The races are closed according to research. On January 1, surveys suggested that Ossoff (48.5%) was ahead of Perdue (47.7%). Candidates have switched leadership in recent weeks, with Perdue narrowly ahead on December 29, according to RealClearPolitics research averages.
Meanwhile, Warnock with 49.2 percent leads Loeffler with 47.4 percent. The last time Loeffler was at the front was on December 21st.
In addition to Trump’s appearance on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence will make a stop in Milner, while Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and President-elect Joe Biden will campaign with Warnock and Ossoff on Sunday in Savannah and Monday- fair in Atlanta.