The outgoing US President, Donald Trump, will participate in the first election rally since his presidential defeat by Joe Biden, Saturday 5 December 2020, as he will return to Georgia to support two Republican candidates in a decisive by-election to determine the majority in the Senate and the balance of power in Washington DC.
According to a report by the French "Agence France Presse", on Saturday, Trump will participate, accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, at 7:00 pm (00:00 GMT) in a rally in Valdosta in rural Georgia, in the presence of Senators David Purdue and Kelly Loeffler.
This comes after he said this week: "We have to work hard to make sure they win."
But at the same time, Trump criticized the local authorities, even though they are republican. Against the background of her refusal to revoke the results of the presidential election in it, Biden eventually led by a slight margin of about 13,000 votes in this conservative state.
Donald Trump stresses that the signatures must still be verified on the November 3 ballot papers, and tweeted on Saturday: "I will win easily" after that.
Democratic Republican Struggle
It is expected to vote on January 5, for the two seats in the Senate for the state of Georgia, and they are currently affiliated with the Republicans.
If they lose, the majority in the Senate will pass to the Democrats, because with equal seats (50 for each side), incoming Vice President Kamala Harris will be able to vote and decide according to the constitution, as this will allow Joe Biden, who takes office on January 20, to deal With a Democratic Congress.
But if Republicans retain a majority of the Senate, the next president will have to deal with a divided Congress, and Republicans will be able to block his nominations for government office and important bills.
"Pre-determined"
These statements arouse suspicion from Trump supporters. And a female voter in Georgia approached the chair of the Republican National Committee, Rona McDaniel, last week, asking about the feasibility of spending "money and effort as long as everything was decided in advance?"
In the first round, David Purdue led more than 88,000 votes over his Democratic opponent John Usoff. This number gives him a large margin, but it is not enough to give him the more than 50% of the votes needed to win the Georgia seat.
While Kelly Loeffler, on her part, was behind her rival Rafael Warnock by more than 300,000 votes, but in the first round she suffered from another Republican competition, Doug Collins (980,500 votes).
On paper, the two Republican senators enter the second round, victorious. Meanwhile, all American political attention shifts to the "peach state."
As former US President Barack Obama stated, Friday, December 4, in an online campaign for the Democrats, that "it is not just about Georgia (...) about America and the world."
On the same day, Republican Vice President Mike Pence was in Georgia, struggling to reconcile two election messages: protesting Joe Biden's victory, and motivating Republicans, saying, “We can fight for our president and at the same time have more Republicans in the Senate. ".
On Friday, Joe Biden confirmed that he would campaign in Georgia, but without specifying the schedule.
As evidence of the importance of the merit, $ 315 million was spent in the advertising campaigns of the four candidates, according to the specialized company, "Impact".