“Former President Barack Obama urged Georgians to vote in upcoming runoff Senate races, saying the outcomes will “determine ultimately the course of the Biden presidency.” “You are now once again the center of our civic universe,” Obama told Georgia residents Friday during a virtual rally for Democratic Senate candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. Both candidates are in high-stakes runoff races for seats that will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate for at least the next two years. In the runoff, set for Jan. 5, Warnock and Ossoff are running against Republican incumbent Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, respectively. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be working with a GOP majority in the Senate unless Democrats win both their races in Georgia. “I know something about the importance of the U.S. 参议院,” Obama said. When he was in office, Republican lawmakers repeatedly sought to obstruct legislation key to his agenda, including on immigration reform and expanding access to health care. Obama also said he had been frustrated by many of his own supporters while in office, saying it seemed as if they felt like they didn’t need to do anything after the presidential election because “we got Barack there.” “This is not just about Georgia. This is about America, and this is about the world,“ 他说. “And it’s in your power to have an impact.” Georgia Democrats Former President Barack Obama and Stacey Abrams (top left) speak with candidates Jon Ossoff (top right) and Raphael Warnock (bottom left) about their upcoming runoff races for Senate seats in Georgia. Obama said a Senate led by the GOP could obstruct attempts to “deal with the aftermath of the pandemic.” The Democratic-led House passed a major coronavirus relief bill, the Heroes Act, in May, but it stalled in the Republican-led Senate. The pandemic has only worsened, with cases and deaths skyrocketing nationwide, but Congress hasn’t passed another relief package since the spring. 本星期, 美国. hit two grim milestones: A record 100,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and the U.S. saw its highest single-day death toll from the virus, with over 2,800 people dying Wednesday. Former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams, who also spoke during the virtual rally, thanked volunteers for knocking on doors and registering people to vote ahead of the runoff. The deadline for registering to vote for the January elections in Georgia is Dec. 7. “We did something no one expected: We turned Georgia blue,” Abrams said. Get-out-the-vote efforts from Abrams and other Black women have been widely credited with helping to flip the red state in last month’s presidential election. Obama similarly sent “a message from the nation that we sure are proud of Georgia.” “The vote is an expression that what each of us does matters,” Obama said, adding that Americans are too often given the message that they need to be wealthy to have power. “But the premise of our nation is all people have a voice, all people have power in a government of, by and for the people.”
波多黎各成为乔恩·奥索夫 (Jon Ossoff) 在佐治亚州参议院竞选中的引爆点
101 观看次数0 评论0 喜欢
["盖蒂图片社前代表. 路易斯·古铁雷斯 (D), 在右边, 已撤回对佐治亚州民主党人乔恩·奥索夫 (Jon Ossoff) 的参议院竞选活动的支持,等待有关波多黎各人自决的保证. 前议员. Luis Gutiérre ...
今晚: Kelly Loeffler 和 Raphael Warnock 将在佐治亚州参议院辩论中对峙
157 观看次数0 评论0 喜欢
["亚特兰大 (美联社) - 两个美国之一的候选人. 仍然悬而未决的参议院席位将在一场引起格鲁吉亚以外强烈兴趣的辩论中对峙. 那是因为该席位——现在由现任共和党持有。.
特朗普的“愚蠢”’ 政府. 坎普呼吁“以犯罪为界”: 前参议院领袖哈里·里德
86 观看次数0 评论0 喜欢
["唐纳德特朗普总统周六致电佐治亚州共和党州长. 布赖恩坎普“接近犯罪,”前参议院多数党领袖哈里·里德 (D-内华达州) 告诉我们. 特朗普打电话给坎普,要求政府....
保守派专家现在的恐惧是“最危险的”’ 唐纳德特朗普总统任期的一部分
108 观看次数0 评论0 喜欢
["查理赛克斯, 保守派网站 The Bulwark 的创始人, 周三警告美国人现在比以往任何时候都更加关注唐纳德特朗普,因为这实际上可能是他总统任期内“最危险”的部分。.
强烈反对后,黛安·范斯坦 (Dianne Feinstein) 不会寻求参议院司法部门的领导权
86 观看次数0 评论0 喜欢
["它的. 黛安娜·范斯坦 (加利福尼亚州) 周一表示,她明年不会在商会的任何委员会寻求领导职位, including the coveted Senate Judiciary Committee where she currently serves as th...
Senate Blocks Confirmation Of Trump’s Federal Reserve Nominee Judy Shelton
96 观看次数0 评论0 喜欢
["The Senate on Tuesday narrowly voted to block the confirmation of Judy Shelton, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to join the Federal Reserve’s seven-member board of governors. In a procedural vote on whet...
Minn. GOP State Senate Warns Only Republicans Of COVID Outbreak
151 观看次数0 评论0 喜欢
["Observers were stunned this week when Minnesota GOP legislative officials urgently warned only Republicans about a serious COVID-19 outbreak in the State Senate. No one said a word to Democratic politicians or staff...
Georgia Democrats To The Resistance: Please Don’t Come Here For Senate Runoffs
94 观看次数0 评论0 喜欢
["Brynn Anderson/Associated Press Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are competing in Jan. 5 runoff elections that will determine control of the Senate. Georgia Democrats appreciate the enthusiasm. They really d...