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Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel urged Georgia’s Republican voters on Saturday to vote for the party’s Senate candidates in the January run-off.
Some Trump supporters in the state have reportedly expressed reluctance to vote in the Jan.5 runoff over fears that the presidential election has been “rigged” in favor of Democrats and that the Senate runoff could be too.
“How are we going to give money and work when it is already decided?” a voter asked McDaniel, referring to the second round, according to The Independent.
“It has not been decided!” McDaniel responded. “That’s the key – it’s not decided. So if you lose your faith and don’t vote and people leave – that will decide.”
Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel speaks in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, November 6, 2020 (Getty Images)
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She noted that outgoing Republican Senator David Perdue led Democrat Jon Ossoff by more than 88,000 votes after the November 3 election was certified.
The race was still heading towards a second lap, as Perdue was just under the 50% mark required to win.
Georgia’s other Republican incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler will face Democratic Reverend Raphael Warnock in a runoff. Warnock won 32% of the vote and Loeffler 25% in a crowded field that included candidates from both parties. GOP Representative Doug Collins came in third with 20%.
Another voter asked McDaniel about a theory that some voting machines in the state changed President Trump’s votes to President-elect Joe Biden. McDaniel said she had seen no evidence of this, according to The Independent.
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Although Trump has alleged fraud in Georgia’s presidential election, he also urged Republicans to withdraw the vote for Perdue and Loeffler, whose races will decide which party holds a majority in the Senate in the next Congress.
Vice President Mike Pence flew to Georgia before Thanksgiving to land the candidates, and President Trump said last week he plans to make campaign stops on the part of the candidates as well.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Governor Brian Kemp faced a backlash and accusations from Trump supporters after certifying Biden’s election earlier this month.
Loeffler and Perdue both called on Raffensperger to step down and Trump on Thursday called him “the enemy of the people.”
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The state is also in the midst of a presidential recount at the behest of the Trump campaign.
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