by Boaz Bismuth
Georgia has become the focal point of the 2020 presidential elections. The fight over its two seats in the Senate not only determines who will rule Congress but it will define America's very character.
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| President Donald Trump at a rally in Georgia | Photo: AFP |
Georgia, the star of the 2020 presidential elections, has drawn the political focus over the past two months.
The southern state that has been a "Red," Republican state for decades voted for Joe Biden in the presidential election. On Tuesday, Democrats hoped that the state would also elect a Democrat to the Senate for the first time in 20 years.
However, the Republicans are determined to revert to how things used to be: to regain Georgia, or at least to turn it into a swing state.
Tuesday was one of the most dramatic days American politics have seen in a long time.
Everywhere you go, you can feel that something substantial has happened in the state, and it seems that the Senate elections in the US have never before held such worldwide implications.
One could say that for the first time, local elections to the Senate are becoming elections on America's very character. President Donald Trump noted so himself at his rally in northern Georgia on Monday, in an attempt to encourage Republican voters to go to the polls.
He asked the audience if they wanted to be a free country, as America should be, or if they wanted to be like Venezuela (more on the rally below.)
Jeff, whom I met in town, thinks like many Georgians: there is no way that the conservative state has turned "blue. "He believes that Democrats will not be able to repeat President-elect Joe Biden's success with the state's two senate seats. if the Democrats win both seats, they will be in charge of the Senate, and Biden will be free to act as he pleases.)
Monday saw Jeff determined to prevent what he considered to be election fraud.
"Of course, there's been [election] fraud, there is no way Trump had lost having received 15 million more votes in the electorate compared to 2016," he said, adding that proving it will probably be difficult.
"It is hard to prove, and a question arises –could it be that all the judges in all the states are corrupt and cooperated with the Democrats? I and the people of Georgia have no doubt that there's been fraud and I hope that this time Republican voters will come to the polls."
The Democratic victory was, in fact, a demographic victory. That is, the changes in the state's population over the past few decades have gradually turned the state blue and had a small impact on the presidential election.
But Jeff believes that Georgians are still more in favor of Trump, as can be felt on the streets.
"You don't have to love the candidate, but you need to appreciate him. President Trump helped Americans from all walks of life. He loves America. He works solely for America."
Jeff insists Democrats are wrong in thinking they can replicate Biden's success by having Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock elected to replace Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.
But he warns that corruption is possible. He notes that Stacey Abrams, who tried to run for governor in Georgia but failed, has since been recruiting many voters from the African-American community.
Jeff said that Abrams' sister, who is a judge, rejected the state election fraud petitions filed by Trump officials, and there is concern that this time, with the Senate elections, she and other judges connected to Abrams will do the Democrats' bidding.
In general, people do not understand how Trump could lose the elections if he led all the swing states – even if we take into account the early mail-in votes that are traditionally for the Democrats and are counted late.
"Trump is here to stay. He will be much stronger and more significant, even if he doesn't run [in the presidential election] in 2024," Jeff concluded.
Either way, for Trump, the campaign for Georgia's two Senate seats, which will decide who will gain full control of Congress, is a battle for his legacy in the party.
The final chord of his tenure is the opening tune of Joe Biden's presidency, who hopes that November's momentum will bring about the Democratic victory of the two Senate seats in Georgia, giving him almost complete freedom to promoting his party's agenda in Congress.
Thousands attended Trump's rally, young and old, with babies and strollers, in the freezing cold, waiting in long lines – only to see President Donald Trump, their rock star, arrive in Dalton in northern Georgia.
The president's son, Donald Trump Jr., shared heartwarming news with the crowd and announced that he was transitioning from business into politics.
He attacked what he called the "troll" of Democrats, who took advantage of Sunday's new Congress opening prayer and turned it into an event with their politically correct agenda on a level that has never been seen before, as they turned a traditional prayer into one that finishes with the words "Amen and a-woman."
"Amen is not a gendered term. It's been used for a couple of thousands of years," Trump Jr. said. "If I go to a restaurant and I ask to see what's on the woman-u, they would look at me like I'm a moron."
He said the Senate vote was the most significant for America as it decided on the very character of the country, its churches, and schools.
As in his presidential campaign, Trump came this time to Georgia to hold a massive rally that would excite the base and make a difference in the neck and neck battle over the southern state's two Senate seats. In terms of attendees, Trump has won. The audience roared that they had prevented election fraud.
Trump himself does not look like a man who intends to give up, and he knows that only today will the official president be announced.
He even said he hopes Vice President Mike Pence will use all his bearing
at the two houses of Congress to ensure the electoral count ends with
him being named president-elect.
Today, during the crucial Congress session, the November election will come to an end, in one way or another.
Some Republicans in the Senate will do anything to get the process
dragged on for hours in an attempt to disqualify electoral votes, and
Trump will be holding a rally in Washington.
Will the end of the vote count reveals that he has won 270 electorates? He continues to hope.
Boaz Bismuth
Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/01/06/trump-is-here-to-stay/
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