Warnock With Historic Win In GA Runoff As Eyes Drift To Perdue-Ossoff Race

Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock has won the special Senate runoff in Georgia, toppling Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) just two years after she was appointed to fill retired Sen. Johnny Isakson’s (R-GA) seat. 


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YES!!!

And yes, discobot, “YES!!!” is a complete fucking sentence.

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In other news, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell got his vaccine from a Klan member. At least it appears so.

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“The other day, because this is America, the 82-year-old hands that used to pick somebody else’s cotton went to the polls and picked her youngest son to be a United States senator,” Warnock said in an emotional speech early Wednesday morning.

I wish I had written that line because it is so American!

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That was my hope!

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If Ossoff manages to pull this off, I’m thinking of sending a t-shirt to Hawley that says, “I sucked up to Donald Trump, and all I got was a lousy minority caucus.”

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Nice!

Though it might be more fun to send the old favorite:

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Goooood

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Ossoff’s ahead by 10k votes. His lead is going to grow. It’s over. We won.

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And the first lawsuit alleging fraud will be filed by Rudy and Sydney in 3 . . . 2 . . . .1 . . .

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Holy sh*t! I was at the hospital in surgery today so wasn’t following, just got back and figured I check and see mitch’s smarmy grin but… Heck yeah!

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Roses are red
Georgia is blue
Chickening out of the debate
Really paid off for Perdue

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“up”? or “off”?

alternatively:

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Warnock will have to defend his seat in 2022, but Ossoff is in for six years.

Two Senate seats in

Georgia
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Nevada
New Hampshire

These are all states Dubya won.

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BREAKING NEWS: Officials investigating the sounds of heads exploding in the White House. /s/

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The kicking and screaming has started. Perdue wants a participation trophy.

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Ossoff’s lead is now up to 12,806 votes. He’s surpassed Biden’s margin.

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