Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, Republican Herschel Walker, are calling in some big guns from their parties in the Georgia runoff campaignHowever, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris are still on the sidelines.
Former President Barack Obama is the latest prominent national politician to announce a state visit. He will travel to Atlanta with Warnock to campaign on December 1.
Walker’s campaign attracted a large number of well-known Republicans to back him You can run for U.S. Senator.They include Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), both potential presidential candidates, who will be speaking at a Walker rally Tuesday.
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Barack Obama, former president, will be joined by Sen. Raphael Warnock Dec. 1.
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Walker has also been joined by RNC Chairwoman Ronna MacDaniel and Sen. MarshaBlackburn, R.Tenn. Former Arkansas Governor. Mike Huckabee, former Senator Kelly Loeffler, R.Ga., and ex-House Democrat Tulsi Gabrielbard.
Rick Scott (R-Fla.), National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair, has spent considerable time in Georgia supporting Walker. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Brian Kemp are hard at work on the trail in support of their nominee. Kemp has activated their highly successful political apparatus.
But none of the most high-profile members of both parties – Trump, Harris and Biden – have gone to Georgia since the general election, and none have announced visits to the state before the Dec. 6 runoff.
Charles Bullock, a professor of political science at the University of Georgia said that the people you should bring in are the ones you believe will help you win the election. “Some of these prominent people would actually hurt you and might be helpful to the other side. This is because they could spark up the other side, which might then go out to try and defeat that high-profile individual.”
“Tongue in cheek – Democrats might want to think about paying the airfare and bringing Donald Trump to Georgia,” Bullock added. “And for President Biden – he has appeared on lots of Republican ads, but not in any Democratic ads.”
Tuesday’s Vice President Harris dodged a question regarding whether she would campaign for Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia.
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“I haven’t yet made any decision.” Harris said TuesdayWhen asked by a reporter on an international trip to Malaysia, she answered that Biden and her would stand for Warnock in Georgia. “I’m still trying to figure what I’m doing tomorrow.”
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Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary, has declined to provide any details. Biden has a plan for travelGeorgia, although she claimed that Warnock is the president’s priority.
Harris and Biden kept their campaigns low-profile ahead of the midterms. Harris also made zero visits in Georgia before the general elections.
Trump rallied in Georgia to support Walker and other Georgian candidates in September 2021 & March 2022. He did not return to the race after the primaries. Many Republicans supporting Walker stated publicly that Trump should have delayed announcing his presidential campaign in Georgia until after the Georgia primary to avoid distracting from the race.
However, a Trump spokesperson stated to Fox News Digital that Trump was “committed” earlier this month. [Walker’s]His success and his support are crucial on Election Day.
Georgia is not a place President Biden visited to promote Sen. Raphael Warnock’s cause this year.
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The stakes in Georgia’s 2022 Senate election are significantly lower than they were in 2020. In 2020, Biden, Harris, and Trump held rallies throughout the state. Because Democrats have secured a majority of Senate seats, while Republicans won a majority of House of Representatives seats. This guarantees a split government for two years regardless of the outcome of the Walker-Warnock election.
The Georgia runoff will decide if the Senate is split 51 to 49 for Democrats, or 50-50. If it remains 50-50, Harris will be able to break tie votes in favour of Democrats.
Before the state’s primaries in spring, Donald Trump was last in Georgia to campaign.
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A evenly divided Senate would provide Republicans with more support as they try to stop Democrats from eliminating the legislative filibuster.
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It would also force Chuck Schumer, D.N.Y. Majority LeaderMinority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to continue a power-sharing arrangement that gives Republicans equal representation in committee and makes it easier for them slow down legislation or nominates in committee.
This report was co-authored by Claudia Kelly Bazan and Paige Burruto of Fox News.
