Republicans sound alarm on Georgia Senate runoffs as they privately weigh Trump's influence

[brooklynite]

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Source: Washington Post

Republican leaders are increasingly alarmed about the party’s ability to stave off Democratic challengers in Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections — and they privately described President Trump on a recent conference call as a political burden who despite his false claims of victory was the likely loser of the 2020 election.

Those blunt assessments, which capture a Republican Party in turmoil as Trump refuses to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, were made on a Nov. 10 call with donors hosted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. It featured Georgia’s embattled GOP incumbents, Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, and Karl Rove, a veteran strategist who is coordinating fundraising for the Jan. 5 runoffs.

The comments by the senators and Rove were shared with The Washington Post by a person who provided a detailed and precise account of what was said by each speaker on the call. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity since they were not authorized to divulge the contents of the private discussion.

Most striking was the way the senators nodded toward the likelihood of Biden’s presidency. While Trump keeps insisting that he won the election, making baseless claims of voter fraud and mounting legal challenges, Republicans on the call privately cast those efforts as an understandable but potentially futile protest.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-senate-runoffs-gop-t/2020/11/16/9d7c0678-2848-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html

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[House of Roberts]

1. Jon Ossoff is in heavy rotation on Pluto TV,

at least, on the British TV and Doctor Who Classic channels today.

I'm in North Alabama, so I don't know how national these ads are targeted.

[Indykatie]

7. Running Ads on Pluto & British Is Probably Not the Best Choice to Reach Voters We Need in Georgia

I hope they have spent some of the millions on getting folks to request their mail ballots by the 11/18 deadline and then getting them returned. Two days ago they appeared to be behind in the number of ballot requests when compared to the regular election. But if anyone can pull this off it's Abrams and the groups working with her.

[mr_lebowski]

2. That was 6 days ago ... kinda hard to argue they're 'increasingly' any such thing ...

They've gone out and supported him for 6 more days, so ...

[Beartracks]

3. Potentially futile? Likely loser?

Even on a private call they're so scared. Or they really are delusional.

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[Ztolkins]

4. Why would the Washington Post act as a mouthpiece to sound an alarm

For the Republicans? I subscribe and this bothers me

[tulipsandroses]

5. I think they are worried that his fraud claims will affect their chances, might affect their voters

Now they are talking about voting machines switching votes and all kinds of nonsense. He might actually screw them over by continuing to wage this war that he won and and there is fraud in Georgia. Dems will be energized to come out. But if trump is telling his voters its rigged and he was robbed, are they going to want to come out?

[pfitz59]

6. Perdue and Loeffler are vulnerable

Perdue because he's so far up Trump's butt, and Loeffler because she basically bought her seat. Time for the Dems to pull out both the stilettoes and bludgeons. Hammer away.

[JudyM]

8. Locking

Analysis belongs in General Discussion, not LBN.