Crowd Chants “FIGHT FOR TRUMP” At Georgia Trump Rally For Republican Senators Perdue And Loeffler
President Donald Trump appeared in Georgia on Saturday to help campaign for the state’s Senate runoff elections backing Republican candidates Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.
HAPPENING NOW🇺🇸🦅GEORGIA! pic.twitter.com/gWboelasHS
— Dan Scavino🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) December 6, 2020
The incumbent Republican President told the crowd in Valdosta that he was winning the presidential election, despite the media proclaiming it for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, amid reports of widespread voter irregularities on November 3.
“You know we won Georgia, just so you understand,” President Trump said, to which the crowd responded: “We love you!”
“We’re winning this election,” he added. We’re fighting very hard for this state.”
The massive crowd broke out into a chant of “Fight for Trump,” implying that the two Republican Georgia Senators need to do more to help the President prove his election fraud claims in the state.
The Republican president also pointed to election fraud allegations in the state as his team pushes for an audit of the state’s election results.
“When the numbers come out of ceilings and leather bags you start to say, ‘What’s going on?” President Trump said.
This is a movement.
It's not going anywhere. pic.twitter.com/pqIgz1S5KS
— Mike Hahn (@mikehahn_) December 6, 2020
Georgia runoff “most important” in history
The President also stressed the importance of the January 5 runoff election in the state where the Republican senators will face off with Democrat challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff — and eventually determine the majority control of the Senate.
“If you don’t vote. The socialists and the communists win,” he said. “We have to hold the line.”
https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1335399188885073924
“Let me tell you this [presidential] election was rigged and we can’t let it happen to two of the greatest most respected people in Washington. We can’t let it happen again,”President Trump said.
President Trump called the upcoming run-off as the “most important congressional runoff in history” in the US as he urged the public to vote for Perdue and Loeffler.
“You have to do it, they cheated and they rigged our presidential election, but we will still win it,” he said, as he also warned that Democrats could move to “try to steal” the Senate runoff to which his supporters replied: “Stop the steal!”
https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1335382910225031169
“We have a big Senatorial race going on in Georgia and we are watching Democrats very, very closely and … we know the Democrats are planning to cheat and we can’t let them do it again … so we have to be vigilant,” he said.
Trump lashed at Kemp, Raffensperger
In his speech, the President also lashed at Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for what he claimed is their “inaction” amid widespread reports of voter irregularities in the state and urged them to get tougher to combat election-related fraud.
“Your governor could stop it very easily if he knew what the hell he was doing. He could stop it very easily,” President Trump told the enthusiastic crowd.
“That’s up to your government here and for whatever reason, your secretary of state and your governor are afraid of Stacey Abrams,” he said, as Kemp and Raffensperger both moved to certify the Georgia election for Democratic candidate, Biden on November 20.
https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1335385933097611264
Despite this, President Trump vowed to continue pursuing his camp’s legal challenges related to the election all the way to the Supreme Court to ensure that only “legal ballots” are counted during last month’s election.
He also vowed to continue litigating the election all the way to the Supreme Court.
“If we have courage and wisdom, I think we know what the answer is going to be, because you can’t let people get away with what they got away with,” he said.
While Georgia has conducted a manual recount of the votes earlier, the Trump campaign has called for an “audit’” of the votes which meant verifying the signatures in the ballots to sort out “fraudulent ballots” according to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
The Trump team formally requested a recount of Georgia votes on November 22, two days after it was certified by the State.
On December 4, Governor Kemp called for the same signature audit following video evidence provided during a Georgia Senate Government Oversight Committee hearing, which he said was “concerning.”
Following President Trump’s Georgia appearance, the Governor clarified that he has already called for the said audit three times in the past.
“As I told the President this morning, I’ve publicly called for a signature audit three times (11/20, 11/24, 12/3) to restore confidence in our election process and to ensure that only legal votes are counted in Georgia. #gapol,” Governor Kemp said.
As I told the President this morning, I’ve publicly called for a signature audit three times (11/20, 11/24, 12/3) to restore confidence in our election process and to ensure that only legal votes are counted in Georgia. #gapol https://t.co/xdXrhf1vI2
— Brian Kemp (@BrianKempGA) December 5, 2020
“Gracious loser”
Meanwhile, President Trump reiterated that he won the 2020 election with more votes than any sitting president in modern history — while reiterating that Democrats cheated their way which resulted in more votes counted for Joe Biden.
https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1335390221815386113
“They’re trying to convince us that we lost. We didn’t lose. They found a lot of ballots, to be nice about it, and they got rid of some too,” he said.
He also said once proven that he has lost the election fairly, he would step down and concede to the former vice president.
“If I lost, I’d be a very gracious loser. If I lost, I would say I lost and I would go to Florida and I would take it easy … but you can’t ever accept when they steal and rig and rob,” President Trump said.
