Trump calls Georgia Senate runoff ‘both illegal and invalid’ in New Years tweets

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Trump started his series of tweets by reiterating its unfounded allegations of “massive corruption that took place in the 2020 election, giving us far more votes than is needed to win all of the Swing States.”

The president specifically noted a consent decree from Georgia that he said was “unconstitutional,” which he said returned both Senate races, as well as his own loss in Peach State to the president-elect. Joe bidenJoe BidenBidens pays tribute to frontline workers in New York: ‘We owe them, we owe them, we owe them’ Trump hotel in DC raises room rates for Biden inauguration Video shows long queues on the last day of early voting in Georgia PLUS, invalid.

Before we even discuss the massive corruption that took place in the 2020 election, which gives us way more votes than is needed to win all of the Swing States (it only takes three), it should be noted that the state legislatures were in no way responsible. for the massif ….

– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021

… is therefore both illegal and invalid, and that would include the two current senatorial elections. In Wisconsin, voters not asking for nominations invalidate the election. All this without even discussing the millions of fraudulent votes cast or modified!

– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021

The consent decree refers to a March deal reached by Democratic and Republican state officials that gave voters the opportunity to correct ballots that contained an alleged inconsistency between their signature as it appears on their ballot and a signature that election officials have on file.

Trump and his allies have argued in several unsuccessful lawsuits that the consent decree was illegal because the ruling did not involve state legislatures. However, as The New York Times reported, several groups pointed out that Decisions of the Supreme Court allow legislatures to delegate their authority to other state officials.

Trump is expected to hold a rally in Dalton, Georgia, on Monday, a day before the second round of the Senate election, to encourage his supporters to run for the GOP Senses. Kelly loefflerKelly Loeffler Video shows long lines on the last day of early voting in Georgia Hawley GOP jam with the Electoral College fighting the GOP candidate in Georgia in quarantine days before the run-off MORE and David PerdueDavid Perdue Video shows long lines on last day of early voting in Georgia Georgia GOP candidate quarantined days before run-off election Former Georgia GOP senator suffers from mild stroke: PLUS report, who face Democratic challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff respectively.

Even while campaigning for the GOP candidates, whose elections will determine which party controls the Senate, the president continued to press his unsubstantiated allegations of voting irregularities and fraud in November, although the Electoral College upheld the ruling. Biden’s victory last month.

Trump has targeted senior election officials in Georgia and called the government on Wednesday. Brian kempBrian KempKemp dismisses Trump’s call to resign as a ‘distraction’ Georgian voters flood polls ahead of crucial Senate contests Trump calls on Georgia Governor Kemp to resign MOREresignation of (R), tweeting that the governor is a “Obstructionist” and the attacker for refusing to admit that he won the presidential race in Georgia, despite Biden’s advance of around 12,000 votes in the state.

Kemp rejected Trump’s remarks, telling reporters his top priorities were responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and re-electing Perdue and Loeffler.

“All of these other things – there’s a constitutional and legal process going on, and I’m very comfortable letting that process take place. But that horse left the barn in Georgia and it’s now heading to DC, ”Kemp said of the presidential election.

“The next vote will be over there, not here,” he continued. “So people need to focus on the voting that is taking place here, and that’s right now during the early voting and it will be Tuesday.”