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Puerto Rico Becomes Flashpoint In Jon Ossoff’s Senate Race In Georgia
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["Getty Images Former Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D), at right, has withdrawn his support from Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff's Senate campaign pending assurances about Puerto Rican self-determination. Former Rep. Luis Gutiérre...
COVID-19 Deaths, Georgia Elections And Trump Pardons: Views From HuffPost Readers
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["HuffPost Illustration In a recent poll, one of HuffPost members’ top-requested features was a roundup of reader comments. Every week, HuffPost editors read your comments on our top stories and highlight those that c...
Once Again, Georgia Certifies Election Results Confirming Biden’s Win
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["ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s top elections official on Monday recertified the state’s election results after a recount requested by President Donald Trump confirmed once again that Democrat Joe Biden won the state, and ...
Tonight: Kelly Loeffler And Raphael Warnock To Face Off In Georgia Senate Debate
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["ATLANTA (AP) — Candidates for one of two U.S. Senate seats still hanging in the balance will face off in a debate that is drawing strong interest beyond Georgia. That is because the seat — now held by incumbent Repu...
Rudy Giuliani Falsely Claims Georgia Election Is Proven Fraud In All-Caps Tweet
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["No one has provided any legitimate evidence that the U.S. presidential election was tainted by voter fraud in Georgia, but the president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani attempted the next best thing: an all-caps tweet. On Th...
Georgia Investigating Florida Lawyer Accused Of Illegal Vote Registration
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["MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Election officials are investigating the actions of a Florida lawyer who they say tried to register to vote in a high-stakes runoff in Georgia that will decide control of the U.S. Senate. They s...
Georgia Voters Could Decide If There’s Any Hope For Raising The Federal Minimum Wage
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["The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour for more than 11 years. Whether or not it rises anytime soon largely depends on Georgia, where two runoff elections in January will determine which party cont...
Ex-Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell Urges Georgia Voters To Boycott Runoff Elections
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["Sidney Powell, a former lawyer for the Trump campaign, told Georgia residents this week to boycott the Senate runoffs on Jan. 5 because their state’s voting machines are archaic and cannot be trusted. Powell, who h...
Joe Biden To Carry Georgia After Second Recount, State Election Official Says
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["WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden is headed toward victory in Georgia in the 2020 U.S. presidential election after the state’s second recount, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Wednesday, ...
Georgia Elections Official Pleads With Trump To Stop Inspiring Violence
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["Georgia’s voting systems manager Gabriel Sterling fervently denounced the threats and harassment directed at election workers, imploring President Donald Trump to stop provoking such behavior and to condemn it inste...
Georgia Finishes Presidential Hand Tally, Affirms Joe Biden’s Lead
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["ATLANTA (AP) — A top Georgia election official said Thursday that a hand tally of ballots cast in the presidential race has been completed, and that the results affirm Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow lead over Republica...
Georgia Secretary of State: Trump Lost State Because He ‘Depressed’ GOP Vote
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["Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says President Donald Trump could have won the state by 10,000 votes ― if he hadn’t discouraged the votes of his own supporters. Instead, Democrat Joe Biden won the stat...
Lindsey Graham Denies Pressuring Georgia Official To Toss Legal Ballots
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["Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) denied claims that he pressured Georgia’s secretary of state to find ways to throw out legal ballots, telling reporters Monday that it’s “ridiculous” to interpret their conversation that...
Georgia Democrats To The Resistance: Please Don’t Come Here For Senate Runoffs
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["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...
Georgia’s Congressional Republicans Can’t Spell ‘Georgia’ In Vote Fraud Letter
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["Current and newly elected Republican members of Congress from Georgia pushed the state Tuesday to review what they called “irregularities that cloud the state’s election.” No surprise there. The GOP delegation is fa...
Stacey Abrams Has Priceless Reaction To Republican Claims They Won Georgia
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["Stacey Abrams, the Democratic superstar from Georgia considered the architect of President-elect Joe Biden’s surprising lead in her state, has a blunt message for Republicans who think President Donald Trump really ...