Georgia Senate Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock argued on Tuesday that Georgians “cannot trust” their Republican opponent, Senator Kelly Loeffler, to proceed with coronavirus-related relief measures after she signaled her support. greater stimulus checks.
Loeffler joined President Trump and a growing number of Republicans who asked for $ 2,000 stimulus checks after an initial package approved by Congressional leaders included a direct payment of just $ 600 for most families. The Warnock campaign accused Loeffler of taking a “new position” in support of bigger checks, despite not having been able to get additional help in recent months.
“Kelly Loeffler made her priorities clear when she sold $ 3 million of her own stock while minimizing the pandemic, called unemployment benefits ‘counterproductive’ and waited almost nine months to take any further relief measures while Georgians lost their jobs” , Warnock said in a statement. “Georgians learned a long time ago that they cannot trust Kelly Loeffler to take care of anyone but herself.”
With Georgia’s run-off to the Senate a few days away, the situation of additional economic relief measures has emerged as a critical issue for candidates from both parties. President Trump approved a $ 900 billion aid package on Sunday, while publicly calling on lawmakers to increase direct payments from $ 600 to $ 2,000.
Loeffler and Senator David Perdue, the other Georgia Republican running for re-election, claimed that they secured additional aid for Georgians despite the Democrats’ obstruction in Congress.
Warnock repeatedly accused Loeffler of prioritizing his own economic interests over those of ordinary Americans during the pandemic. At the same time, Loeffler’s campaign argued that alleged incidents in Warnock’s past, including allegations that he obstructed a police investigation into child abuse in a field he oversaw in 2002 and a domestic incident involving his ex-wife earlier this year, should disqualify you from consideration.
“It is quite clear that Georgians are not very concerned about what someone who covered up domestic and child abuse – and then lied about it – has to say,” said Loeffler campaign spokesman Stephen Lawson in a statement. .
Warnock and fellow Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff support greater direct payments for Americans. Perdue also expressed support for payments of $ 2,000 after opposing a second round of stimulus checks.
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During a speech on Tuesday, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Said the upper house would “begin a process” to consider Trump’s demand for bigger stimulus checks. The Senate blocked a Democratic measure that called for an immediate vote of $ 2,000 in direct payments.
The result of the second round of Georgia’s election will determine Senate control. The vote is scheduled for January 5.