Trump warns of ‘massive voter dump’ in opposition to GOP in Georgia Senate race, as Warnock declares victory earlier than all ballots counted

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President Trump claims there was a plan to rig the essential Senate races in Georgia in opposition to the Republicans. Democrat Raphael Warnock has declared victory whereas officers say it can take “a few days” to tally the votes.

“Appears like they’re establishing a giant ‘voter dump’ in opposition to the Republican candidates. Ready to see what number of votes they want?” President Donald Trump tweeted.

The president wrote in a follow-up tweet: “Simply occurred to have discovered one other 4000 ballots from Fulton County. Right here we go!”

Trump was seemingly referring to a batch of over four,000 absentee ballots within the county that helped to tip Georgia in favor of his opponent Joe Biden through the presidential vote in November.

Each tweets have been flagged by Twitter, which mentioned in one of many notes that the declare of widespread fraud through the presidential election in Georgia is “disputed” and has been “refuted” by numerous officers and fact-checkers within the media.

Tuesday’s runoff Senate vote in Georgia is essential for management of the chamber. The Democrats, who have already got a majority within the Home of Representatives, can wrest the Senate from the GOP if Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock unseat incumbent Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.

Gabriel Sterling, the voting methods implementation supervisor for the Georgia secretary of state’s workplace, informed reporters it can seemingly take “a few days” to finalize the vote rely.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger informed CNN the races have been “very shut,” and as much as 17,000 abroad and army ballots wouldn’t be counted till Friday night. “We’re simply going to have to attend and see how this all seems,” he mentioned.

AP and different main retailers have already projected Warnock because the winner.

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Warnock declared victory early Wednesday morning. “We have been informed that we couldn’t win this election, however tonight we proved that with hope, laborious work and the individuals by our aspect, something is feasible,” he mentioned in an announcement.

Loeffler refused to concede, telling her supporters: “There are loads of votes on the market as you all know, and we’ve got a path to victory, and we’re staying on it.”

“This can be a sport of inches, we’re gonna win this election,” she mentioned, pledging to be sure that “each authorized vote might be counted.”

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