Georgia Senate Run-Off Elections

Today, January 5^th 2021, all eyes across the country are on Georgia because of the senate run-off elections. And it’s no wonder as this election will determine what party rules the senate. For months various entities have been encouraging voters to cast their votes, whether through early voting, absentee ballots, or voting on January 5^th in person. Back in November, the state made a historic switch from a red state to a blue state thanks to the efforts of Stacey Abrams and other local organizations who launch a campaign to increase voter turn out. As a result President Elect Joe Biden won the presidential election. With 2 seats up for grabs, the pressure is on for Georgia.

The candidates:

On the Republican side we have:

Sen. Kelly Loeffler who was appointed (not elected) to the senate by Governor Brian Kemp after Sen. Johnny Isakson retired. She took office on January 1, 2020. As a multi-millionaire, recent ad campaigns highlights her inability to relate to the middle class and/or poor residents of Georgia. That she dumped stocks amidst the outbreak of the virus, is one of the leading issues.  However, the biggest issue I have with her is that she is seemingly out of touch with the plight of the poor and middle-class and cannot relate to what they need. It is safe to say that as a multi-millionaire, she has no clue what it means to not have health insurance, juggling to pay bills or being one paycheck away from losing everything, which by the way, many Georgians have experienced as a result of the virus. But truth be told there are many who were having a difficult time way before the pandemic became an added factor.  Her rebuttal campaign ads seems to focus more on disputing that she did anything wrong more so than what she plans to do to help the residents of Georgia.  Furthermore, she spends a lot of time trying to discredit her opponent Rev. Raphael Warnock. What she fails to realize is that the issues she highlights about Rev. Warnock bear little to no weight on swaying the poor/middle class from supporting him, especially since it is clear she is using his sound bites out of context.   

Sen. David Purdue who is a business man and has been a Georgia senator since 2015. He has had more than enough time to show his worth, but like Sen. Loeffler, he too is wealthy and seems to be out of touch with what the poor and/middle-class need. My biggest issue with him is that he refused to attend the senate debate. What was he afraid of? What makes him think that he is above answering to the people? His actions came off as a downright snob of Georgia voters.  Especially since he too was accused of dumping and buying stocks after a senate briefing about the pandemic. He too ran ads proclaiming his innocence. In fact one campaign cited “that he was not even there during the senate briefing.” Yeah, like that precludes him from having access to the sensitive information which he then used to determine which stocks to buy/sell. Moreover, what did he have to do that was so pressing that he missed a senate briefing? Such a lame excuse if you ask me. Another fear factor that Sen. Purdue is using to sway votes is his claim that if the democrats win the senate the country will see defunding of the police department, court docket backed up, and private health care get taken away. So in his words, “we have to save America.” Really? His statement is equivalent to Trump's "let's make America great again" and shows just how little he thinks of our intelligence. Both Sen. Loeffler and Sen. Purdue claim they were acquitted/found not guilty of any wrong doing, but just because something is legal does not make it moral/right.

On the Democratic side we have:

Rev. Raphael Warnock is a pastor who by his profession has firsthand knowledge of the plight of the poor and middle-class. He has been called a “radical” and I agree. He is a radical for change. He looks at the issues that affect the poor and middle class and he wants to do something about it. What put him on my radar was an ad I saw back in October/November where he mentioned an issue that is a major concern to me. He spoke about the fact that many Georgia residents do not have health insurance because the state did not buy into the affordable healthcare act. Like myself, many Georgians who do not have a job, do not qualify for Medicaid thus have no health insurance. According to the state’s guidelines, the only way you can get medical assistance (Medicaid) is if you are 65 or older, disabled, or have a small child.  That leaves a lot of us struggling to find creative ways to stay healthy. If the state accepts the affordable healthcare act, residents will be able to have some sort of health insurance.  If you are old enough to have Medicare then you will also qualify for Medicaid under the affordable Healthcare act. That is huge!!

Jon Ossoff is a documentary film producer and investigative journalist who is running for the senate.  He too has been the subject of negative campaigns which insinuates that he is in bed with the Chinese. He is also accused of lying to congress about his dealing with a company in China. Again, what the opposing party does not get is that for many of us everything pales in comparison to what President Trump has been allowed to get away with.  What is important is his wiliness to change things for the better for Georgia residents. He stands firm on the issues that are important to the poor and middle class, i.e., affordable health care, police reform, containing the virus, etc.

 

Conclusion

We are not afraid to take a chance on Ossoff and Warnock because If any elected senator fails to do what they were elected to do, we will just vote them out in 2 years. There is absolutely nothing they can say to me right now that will sway me from voting Democrat in this election. Claims that voting democrat will somehow diminish the country is false and you should not listen to them. We have so much to gain. So if you did not vote in the early election or via absentee ballot, I encourage you to go out today and make your vote count. Vote like your life depends on it because it very well may be.  I’m just saying. I got issues – what about you? )i(

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