President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday one day after in-person early voting began. He encouraged Georgians to vote for Democratic Senate candidates in two critical runoffs next month that could give his party full control of Congress.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday one day after in-person early voting began. He encouraged Georgians to vote for Democratic Senate candidates in two critical runoffs next month that could give his party full control of Congress.
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Biden Campaigns in Georgia Ahead of Crucial Runoffs
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday one day after in-person early voting began. He encouraged Georgians to vote for Democratic Senate candidates in two critical runoffs next month that could give his party full control of Congress.
I’m Stacey Abrams, I’m sandy, sandy, Sandy. I am going to love kirkwood, hillie, the Georgia. Well, we got to do it again, guys. A few weeks ago, we had a conversation about what was at stake in these elections. We talked about the fact that we were in the midst of a global pandemic. Well, we’ve gotten a little closer to salvation with a vaccine, but the vaccine isn’t going to solve every problem. And we have an economy that’s in peril. But a new president can’t solve that alone. And we are in the space where racial reckoning is not going to disappear just when the years change. We’ve got to stay committed and we’ve got to have a plan. Well, I’ve got two plans, John Ashcroft and Raphael Warnock. John Ostroff understands what it means to be a small business owner. You see, he owns a business that has one singular objective to root out corruption. And we picked the perfect target. David Perdue. Raphael Warnock has led his church and led his community with grace and with values, and we have a perfect target for him, someone who seems to forget her values when opportunity is on the line. And that’s Kelly lefler. But with John Ashcroft and a Warnock, when they get to the US Senate. We get the better deal that we need. We get the change that we need. We get the progress that we need. But let’s put it into context. You see, while 161,000 Georgians face eviction this year, if we don’t get relief, David Perdue and Kelly lefler are writing strongly worded letters to a baseball team. Well, 160,000 people worry if they will be able to sleep inside at night, they’re worried about the name of a baseball team. While we know that one in four small businesses in Georgia that were around last year have disappeared in 2020 Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are suing to overturn an election in the state of Georgia. And while we know that 4.1 million Georgians have filed for jobless claims, 4.1 million jobless claims, including 30,000 just last Thursday, the response from Kelly lessler and David Perdue. Is to make money off of their stock trades. We deserve better, Georgia. We deserve John off and rossio not. But we won’t get them unless we do our part. You see, we’ve got to remember why we’re doing this. We’ve got to remember that we just elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to go to the White house, but they need help. And if we do this right, we’ll get Daniel Blackman, the PSC, so our rates will go down. And our opportunities will go up, but it’s going to take all of us. It’s going to take all of us to address an economic crisis that has imperiled our state. It is going to take all of us to address a health care crisis where nine of our counties don’t have doctors. We’re 76 of them don’t have a big wynans where 60 counties don’t have a pediatrician for six children. And we’re nine of our hospitals have shut up, shut down since 2010. And instead of standing up for Georgia. Kelly lefler and David Perdue have done nothing but fight to end health care and to take it away from georgians, but we need Rafael Warnock and John asaph because they know that health care access isn’t a slogan. It’s a requirement. It is a right. And we will have it when we send them to Washington, d.c. At a time where our economy is imperiled, when we need investment in our small businesses, when people who proclaim to be capitalists seem to only believe in capitalism for themselves, when we need money to our families and businesses to help our communities. Well, Kelly lefler and David Perdue watch Mitch McConnell burn our economy down and they stand behind him holding the matches. We need to send our firefighters, our first responders. We are sending John vossoughian, Raphael Warnock to DC to save America. That’s what we deserve. And in a moment where racial justice, where economic justice, where environmental justice are on the line, Kelly Loeffler poses accidentally for the second time with the KKK leader. And unfortunately, David Perdue has a hard time pronouncing the letter K doesn’t seem to understand that the diversity that built America is the diversity will save America, but we don’t have to wait for them to learn to do their jobs. We’ve got Raphael Warnock and John allsop and they will get the job done. So I’m here to ask you for a little help one more time, you see, last time I talked to you, I said, we needed to make a plan to vote. What we need to do it again. The last time we talked, I said, we need to send in our mail in ballots, return them in your drop boxes or in your mailboxes. But we need to do it again. Last time we talked, I said, we need to early vote like we have before you get it before. Let’s do it again. And on the last call on January 6th, our last call, when we can finally cast their ballots and cast behind us the worst four years that we have had in a long time. And lay out for all of us The best four years that are yet to come. I need you to show up. I need you to show out. I need you to bring your friends and your families, but I need you to bring your prayers and your spirit because we have a chance to save America, Georgia. And this isn’t hyperbole. This is fact, because as John likes to say, when Bonnie and Clyde go back to d.c., they’re going back for themselves. We need to get rid of Kelly and David. We need to lift up John and rafeal. And more importantly, we need to lift up the people of Georgia because we’ve waited too long. We have fought too hard, but we know how to do it because on November 3rd, we showed America. What Joel just got. So come on, y’all, let’s do it again. Let’s get it done. Thank you so much. No more. Please welcome Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. You’re welcome to wait in a home and journey, but anybody kicked to the curb, any other team is the story of black, white celebrities. But no one is getting dirty because we came from the moon. And we hungrier than ever. He writes. He writes, well, good afternoon to the great blue state of Georgia. It always seems impossible until it’s done. Those words may have been spoken by Nelson Mandela many years ago, but today they capture the mood of more than $81 million voters across this country. It always seems impossible until it’s done with Joe Biden entered the presidential race for the third time. Many thought it would be impossible that he would receive the Democratic nomination until it was done. Just last month, when you showed up to the polls across Georgia in record numbers, people thought it would be impossible to turn Georgia blue until it was done. As we face an historic opportunity in this state to elect John osogbo, Raphael Warnock, two men who with their presence will change the balance of the United States Senate. It may seem impossible, Georgia, but when you show up to vote, we will get it done. Voters like you of every race, creed and sexual orientation to the words of Congressman John Lewis to heart when he said nothing can stop the power of a committed and determined people to make a difference in our society. You made a difference simply by showing up to vote in November. And because you dared to use the power of your vote. The moral arc of this country. Now bends towards a more just America. I was recently asked what makes me optimistic without hesitation, I responded my children. You see, when I look at them, I can’t help but hope for a better tomorrow, tomorrow. What’s the color of their skin does not equate to a subtraction of the years that they will spend on this earth. Tomorrow, in which I can have hopes for my children beyond them simply surviving, but dreams of them thriving and having the freedom to be all God created them to be. When I look at my children. I am optimistic because I know their future will not be left up to fate, because in just a few short weeks, there will be a president and a vice president and the White House who will make decisions with my children and millions of children across this country on their hearts and on their minds. It always seems impossible until it’s done. We’re no strangers to close races here in Georgia, in case you’ve forgotten, the Atlanta mayor’s race just a few years ago, the week of the election, the polls showed that I with 6 points down and people across the country started calling their unsheathes and they were texting their cousins and they were posting on social media asking, what are y’all doing in atlanta? The energy created from that groundswell helped fuel our victory. People who had not voted in years. Came out to vote, and with just 832 votes, I was elected the 60th mayor of Atlanta. Throughout that campaign, I reminded people all across Atlanta that Atlanta was a place where impossible dreams were still able to take form. Well, that’s still true today. The impossible dream of turning Georgia blue and keeping Georgia blue can and will take form if you show up to vote on January 5. Georgia It was close, but we got it done for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. But even with our record turnout in November, nearly one million registered African-American voters in this state stayed home. That’s one million too many. It always seems impossible until it’s done. And so that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be able to do the work that they need to get done for the people of Georgia who are wondering where their next meal will come from, who are grieving the loss of a loved one to covid-19 for the people who are out of work across this country. We must get it done for John asaph and Raphael Warnock on January 5. In the words of Audrey, Lorde Revolution is not a one time event. In the words of Frederick Douglass, power concedes nothing without a demand. In the words of John Lewis, we may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us. In the words of Andre 3,000. That’s got something to say. And that’s all I’m going to say. It may seem impossible, Georgia, but we must and we will get it done. Thank you. And may God bless and keep each of you. You’re welcome to wait in the hall and dirty birds, anybody kicked to the curb, any other team is absurd. We black, white celebrities, but no one here is getting dirty because we came from the moon. And we don’t really know. He writes. He writes, we ride together. First of all. I know. Is it a party? And do we get to the party when we give up on your wish list on your calendar? Eight town players never playing with no. 80,000 strong getting the fans. All three kids are down swinging. They’re playing. We’re all done in brotherhood. Yeah, we like family in the brotherhood, a brand new home. Let the games begin. Can we back at. Please welcome John, hausswolff candidate for US Senate. Good afternoon, Atlanta. Thank you so much for being here. Give it up one more time for the mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you all. So much for being here. The message today is simple, Georgia, the polls are open and it is time to vote. It is time to vote like we have never voted before Georgia sea for the first time in four years. We’re feeling hope in our hearts. He may not know it yet. But Donald Trump is leaving. Georgia sent Donald Trump packing and now we’re feeling hope in our hearts. Because for the first time in four years, we have the opportunity to define the next chapter in American history. And it’s Georgia that has the power. It’s Georgia voters who have the power to write the next chapter in American history, and Georgia voters are standing up for health, jobs and justice for the people. Health, jobs and justice for the people, think about how far we’ve come, Georgia, think about how far the American South has come. Our great state. Is the most competitive battleground state in this great country. We did that, all of you did that. Stacey Abrams did that. All of the activists and volunteers who have registered voters and organized and mobilized people did that. Georgia is the most competitive battleground state in this country. And with these two Senate runoff elections to determine control of the United States Senate. You got the young Jewish son of an immigrant mentored by John Lewis, running alongside a black preacher who holds Dr. King’s pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist church, who pastor John Lewis helping to lead this movement for health, jobs and justice for the people. Health, jobs and justice, let’s talk about health. We’ve lost more than 300,000 Americans to this virus. A virus our Senator David Perdue told us was no deadlier than the common flu while he was buying up shares in manufacturers of vaccines and medical equipment. Our lives have been torn apart. Millions have lost jobs and homes and livelihoods and business. We need to empower Georgia’s centers for Disease Control and doctors and scientists across this country to beat this virus, get our daily lives back and save lives in Georgia has the power to do that. Georgia has the power to do that. Let’s talk about health even before this virus. Two million Georgians lacked health insurance. Half of our counties have no obgyn, doctor. Maternal mortality for Black women in Georgia is as high as it is for women in Iraq. We’ve lost nine rural hospitals in 10 years. People are suffering in this state unnecessarily, dying in this state unnecessarily. We’re going to get out and vote Georgia because we believe that health care is a human right. And not just a privilege for those who can afford it. We believe that every single family in this state deserves the best health care in the world. We believe that a lack of wealth should never prevent us from getting the care that we need. Georgia is standing up for the health of the people. Health, jobs and justice, let’s talk about jobs. How is it that right now in the midst of this crisis? Our senators are not at work passing direct economic relief for the American people and support for small businesses. David and Kelly should be in Washington delivering $1,200 checks for every single georgeann and $500 for every child in the state because people are hurting. And we need help now. And once we get this direct economic relief to the people of Georgia, we can pass the most ambitious infrastructure, jobs and clean energy program in American history. We can create tens of thousands of jobs across the state. We can make America, the number one producer of clean energy in the world and Georgia, the number one producer of clean energy in the American South. We can do these things to create good paying jobs for the people. We can raise the minimum wage to $15. We can put small businesses first and not just corporate lobbyists in Washington. We can deliver health and jobs for the people. Now let’s talk about justice. Let’s talk about justice George. When a young black man named amont aubury in Glynn county, Georgia, is shot to death in broad daylight in the street on camera. And local authorities look the other way. That makes a mockery of equal protection under the law. And so, Georgia, we have the power to pass a new civil Rights Act that will guarantee equal justice for all, no matter our race and no matter our class, that will end brutality and racial profiling. And we have the power of Georgia to pass a new voting Rights Act that will end voter suppression and secure the franchise for all people in this country. We have the power of Georgia to stand up for health and jobs and justice for the people, for all the people. We have the power. So, Georgia. Not for my sake. Not for the glory of any political party. But for our community, for our state, for our country, I’m asking you to work, I’m asking you to mobilize, I’m asking you to knock on doors and make phone calls. I’m asking you to get everybody, you know, out to the polls. These next few weeks because so much is riding on this. We are joined today by the President-elect of the United States. We are welcoming Joe Biden to Georgia, but Georgia, we need to do right by Joe biden, we need to make sure Joe Biden can pass his agenda, because if Mitch McConnell controls the senate, they’re going to try to do to Joe and comilla, just like they tried to do to President Obama. They will block the covid relief that we need. They will block the $15 minimum wage. They will block the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act that we need. They will block affordable health care. We can’t let that happen in Georgia. We have too much good work to do. So thank you for everything that you’re doing to get out the vote, let’s put in the work. These next few weeks to win these two elections, less than two United States senators to Washington. I’m honored to run alongside Reverend Raphael Warnock. Thank you so much, George, for everything. I love you. I appreciate you. Let’s get out the vote. Thank you. Thank you. It’s all part of being to left to look at what I was looking at. They’re there on the topic. I mean, like a minute, but they go off to. Please welcome Reverend Warnock, candidate for US Senate. Back then to. Well, hello, Georgia. You all sound like you’re ready to win an election. Let’s hear it again. For a man I’ve come to call my brother from another mother, John, also. Let’s hear it for our amazing mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms. And for a woman who saw the vision and believed that we could do this when others said, we couldn’t. Stacey Abrams. I cannot tell you how. Honored I am to be with you. In this defining moment. In American history. And I’m grateful just to be here with you as we welcome back to Georgia. A man who. One, George. And yesterday. In spite of all of the shenanigans. We awarded him the 16 electoral states from the great state of Georgia, President-elect Joe Biden. We congratulate him. And vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Georgia, you did a. We say to America, welcome to the new Georgia, welcome to the blue Georgia. But our work is done. We’re just getting started. We say all the time that elections have consequences. But I have to tell you that. After going through what all of us have witnessed these last several months. Some 300,000 American soldiers that have now perished. To say that elections have consequences. Feels like a gross understatement. Elections, as we have learned tragically this year, are a matter of life and death. And so vote Georgia like your life depends on it, because it actually does. Are you ready to win this election? The four most powerful words ever in a democracy. Are the people have spoken? And when we stand up and speak. When we make sure no one silences our voices. Or diminishes our vote. We give Ana. To that great American covenant. That we are one people. Knit together, not by race or ethnicity. Or national origin. All religion. But knit together by an idea, e pluribus Unum out of many one, and I’m so proud to stand with you this afternoon because. I am an example. And interation. Of the American story. I stand here this afternoon, but I can never forget. That I’m a kid who grew up in public housing. Down in Savannah, Georgia. One of 12 children in my family. I’m number 11, clearly my folks read the scripture that says be fruitful and multiply. They took it rather seriously. I’m one of 12 children. And my dad used to wake me up. Early every morning. He was a veteran. A pastor and a small businessman, and he believed that you should just get up early. And get moving. They used to wake me up at dawn seven days a week during the school year, during the summer. And he would say some. Got up. Get dressed. Get ready. Put your shoes on. Well, it was summertime. And I was seven years old, and I say to my dad, get ready for work. And I think I stopped, and he said, I don’t know, I’ll figure that out later, whatever it just be ready. Now, that was a bit irritating when I was seven. And 10 and 12 and 14 years old. But now. I’m so glad that my dad bought into me that kind of work ethic, because in this defining moment in American history, I want you to know that I’m ready. I’m ready to be one of your next two United States senators from the great state of George. And so with that work ethic that my folks poured into me. I went to Morehouse College. I often say that I went to my house on a full scholarship, that means I didn’t have enough money for the first semester. But I just wanted to be in that place where Martin Luther King jr. attended. And I got there through prayer and hard work, but I also got there because somebody gave me some Pell grants and some low interest student loans. In other words, somebody provided for me a path to the American promise only. In America. Is my story even possible? The kid who grew up in public housing. Goes on. Receive four degrees, including a degree, and now I’m running for the United States Senate against the wealthiest member of congress, that’s the American promise. And my mother. Now 82 years old. Who grew up in the 1950s in waycross, Georgia. You know where that is, waycross, Georgia. Picking cotton and somebody else’s tobacco. Well, the other day. Hands that pick tobacco and cotton. Now, because we have in this period of voting gets to pick our youngest son to be the next United States Senator from the great state of Georgia. And so we got to stand up. Georgia in this defining moment. Because that promise is slipping away from too many of our children. College debt has now surpassed student loans and auto loans. Our children should not have a mortgage before they get a mortgage. That is a burden on him. And it is a burden on the American economy. And so we’ve got to rise up. Now in this defining moment, we cannot go to sleep. We’ve got to get this virus under control. We got to distribute this vaccine safely and efficiently. We’ve got to strengthen the Affordable Care Act over against those who want to destroy the Affordable Care Act. We’ve got to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions are never denied coverage because health care is a human right. And it is certainly something the richest nation on the planet can and ought to provide to all of its citizens. We got to pass criminal justice reform. Omar hammami is a member of my congregation. Was arrested. On live television. While reporting for CNN. The match. He was wearing was not as significant as the skin he was wearing. And so anybody who’s looking at this fairly knows that we have to have criminal justice reform, we have to stand by law enforcement, and we also have to hold people accountable. Because the covenant we have with one another is equal protection under the law. That’s what it means to be American. We’ve got to do this. And we got to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. And so I’m ready. I’m ready, are you ready? We can do this. We’ve got big problems. And big issues, and that’s why we have to stand together. And we can’t allow anybody or anything to divide us. Folks who have no vision traffic in division. And so my opponent, Kelly luffler. It’s busy trying to distract the people of Georgia. Because she can’t account for her 10 months. She was appointed by the people of Georgia are disappointed. She’s done a good job enriching herself, profiting from the pandemic, but when it came time to give ordinary folks $600 in unemployment insurance, she said that she saw no need. She said it was counter productive. Georgia deserves two United States senators who will not be thinking about themselves, but thinking about the people that we were sent there to represent. And if you send your mouse up there, if you send me there, I promise you will be thinking about Georgia every day. I’ve got Georgia on my mind. And we’re ready to get this done. I’ve been moving all across the state talking to folks who lost livelihoods and loved ones to this pandemic, now more than ever, we must stand together and last hear the ancestors ushering us on. I told you, my father used to wake me up every morning. And say up. Get dressed. Put your shoes on. He wake me up at dawn. The thing about Don is that it’s morning, but it’s still dark. It’s dark. But morning is on the way. Hold on. Joy comes. In the morning. The light shines in the darkness, the darkness overcome it not. We can’t control what happens in Warning. But we have to get up. And get ready. Get dressed, put your clothes on, put your shoes on. I want to ask you one last time. Are you ready? I’m ready. I’m ready to stand up for Affordable Health Care. Stand up for a Livable wage. Stand up for voting rights and equal rights. Stand out in this defining moment in American history. Let’s win the future for all of our children. Put your shoes on. Let’s get it done. With the. Imani Bennet. Things look so bad everywhere in this whole be. We deny to try to see. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Imani binit. I’m currently a sophomore at Spelman College and I’m a true Atlanta native. Now, both of my parents are educators, and through their experience in the classroom, in my personal lives experiences, I’ve been so inspired and motivated to be a social justice activist. Now, today, I’m so honored to get to help y’all elect Raphael Warnock and John. Awesome to us in. This election was my first time voting, and I was so excited to cast my ballot for buying in here is in addition, I voted for two senators who have my interests at heart, but also two men of integrity. I’m voting this January to make sure my rights are protected. Warnock and all that, and also will work with President-elect Biden to put our country back, ensure Georgians have access to more affordable health care, and slow the spread of covid. And as someone whose family and friends has been affected by this pandemic, that’s very important to me also. And work will also fight to invest more in schools like mine. I’m here today because I’m voting like my life depends on. I’m here to ask you all to do everything you possibly can to get Mr Warnock and also in office in November. I don’t want to wake up, you know, January 5th thinking, what if I called someone else? You know, what if I put up more signs, I don’t know. Wake up, January 5th. No, I put it all on the table. I’m asking you all to do it again. We did it in November. And we can do it again in January. And now it’s my honor and privilege to introduce the next president of the United states, President-elect Joe Biden. These people have got to make a. You people have got to go around that to make. Now, you may have a plan. So don’t slip into the line because the people to. The Lana. Location, the mayor of Atlanta, great mayor of Atlanta. Hello, Georgia. It’s great to be back. It really is. Let’s for Keisha, Lance Bottoms the best in the business. I had my back through this whole deal. And give it up for Congress like it came up Williams where she here anyway, she said, look, I have no doubt John Lewis is proud as can be. And what about the one and only Stacey abrams? Stacey, if we had 10 of you, we could roll the whole world. God love you. You’re doing an incredible job. And here, is there anyone in America who has done more to protect the right to vote in this election? Is there anyone who has done more to make sure the voice of every Georgian is heard? I don’t think so. Stacey Abrams. You’re a hero. You’re the one that got this going. And we’re all Thank you. And, of course. Honk for your next United States senator, John herself and Reverend Raphael Warnock. Georgia, let me start with two simple words, Thank you, Thank you for turning out in record numbers in November election. Thank you for the faith. You put in me and Vice President-elect Harris. And Thank you for standing strong to make sure your voices were heard, your votes were counted and counted and counted again. I’m starting to feel like I won Georgia three times. I have to say, it feels pretty good. You know, I think all of you just taught Donald Trump a lesson. In this election, George, Georgia going to be bullied, George, he was going to be silenced, George is certainly wasn’t going to stand by and let Donald Trump or the state of Texas or anyone else come in here and toss out your votes. But, you know, you know, and stand by, you know, did nothing while Trump, Texas and others were trying to wipe out every single one of the almost 5 million votes you had cast here in Georgia in November. Your two Republican senators, they stood by, in fact, your two Republican senators fully embraced what Texans are telling the Supreme Court. They fully embraced, nullifying nearly $5 million Georgia votes. You might want to remember that come January 5th. I’ll try to be generous here in the spirit of the season, maybe your senators were just confused. Maybe they think they represent Texas. Well, if you want to do the bidding of Texas, you should be running in Texas, not Georgia. Because you know what? You got a couple of folks running for the United States Senate in this state who aren’t confused at all, John uscirf, Raphael Warnock, they’re running to represent Georgia. Georgia, they’ll actually fight for you, represent you, stand up for you. They will put Texas first, then put Donald Trump first. They will put themselves first, either they’ll put you first, the people of Georgia, there’s no doubt in my mind, none, none that if Texas are Trump or anyone else, the United States Senate tries to do anything except respect the will of the people of Georgia. They’ll move heaven and earth to stop them. Folks, you know, you all did something extraordinary in November, you voted in record numbers, you voted to improve the lives of every Georgian, and you voted as if your life depended on it. Well, guess what? Now you’re going to have to do it again. Come January 5th. You got to vote in record numbers again because, yes, the lives of every Georgians still depend on what you’re doing. Yes, you still need to vote as if your life depends on it, because it does. And guess what? You don’t have to wait until January 5th to vote. You can vote. Starting now, early voting has begun. There’s no, no one. That’s not one reason here. Why you should wait to vote. So don’t wait. Let me hear how many of you folks have already voted. How many are you going to vote today and how many of you have a plan to vote? Get your family members to vote a friend, a neighbor or co-worker. Let me hear it. We got a vote. His charges are going to break the record for voting in his own state Senate elections. I think so. Now, let me tell you something. There are a lot of folks betting you won’t get a lot of folks thinking maybe George broke the record for vote for presidential election, but there’s no well, they do it again, in this special election for two seats in the United States Senate. Are you ready to prove them wrong? I think are I think George is going to shock the nation with the number of people who vote on January the 5th. Am I right, georgia? Am I right? We’ve got a lot of work to do, and I plan to get to work right away doing it. I need two senators from the state who want to get something done, not two senators who are just going to get in the way because, look, getting nothing done just hurts Georgia. Look what’s happening right now in the Congress. The United States Senate should have passed the coronavirus, an economic relief package months ago. People are hurting millions out of work. Small businesses closing, people are struggling to pay their rent. Worried that after Christmas, they’ll be thrown out before a New Year’s. Concerned about paying their mortgage over 10 million. Putting food on the table has become a Herculean task for so many. And was the United States Senate doing nothing? People need help and they need it right now. States like Georgia need help to keep firefighters, cops, first responders, educators on the job. We need immediate funding for testing and vaccine distribution. Need to get money into people’s pockets right away. Look, don’t get me wrong, I hope Congress passes a package right away. But it should support firefighters, it should educators, first responders, it should also support the testing and vaccinations we need. It should deliver direct cash payments to people right away when they badly need to stay on top. Two Republican senators are not supporting that kind of package. Well, John, Rafael, do. There’s so much more we can get done. I’m currently on revitalizing our economy on health care and voting rights and criminal justice, racial justice and climate change, we can get so much done, so much that makes the lives of people of Georgia and the whole country. So much better. And we need senators who are willing to do it, for God’s sake. So let me hear you. Are you ready to vote for the two senators that are doers and not roadblocks? Are you ready to vote for two senators who fight for progress, not just get in the way of progress? Are you ready to vote for two senators know how to say yes, not just the word no. Look, let me talk about John rafeal for just a minute. John was born and raised in Atlanta, cut his teeth in politics and justice, equality. Under our dear friend John Lewis, an immigrant son, travels all across the state sharing his belief in delivering the promise of America, all Georgians beating this pandemic, rebuilding our economy, health care, education, jobs and justice. A husband whose wife is a doctor at Emory see this pandemic on the front lines, a fresh voice who will only do the work of the people who will always put the interests first and the only person’s interests, in fact, the people of Georgia. That’s what he does, that’s his heart. John will always be for they’re there for you. And I promise you, and he’ll be there for the rest of the country as well. John, I’m looking forward to work with you, man. I really am. And Reverend Warnock. Muhajir working, I don’t know how the heck you stay in such great shape, man. You look, you use to get up and do it, man, I tell you, I reached up and grabbed his arm. It’s as big as my thigh. You’re a good man. His story is your story. I’m never giving up on the dream of America. 11 of 12 siblings grew up in public housing in Savannah, first in his family to go to college, got there on Pell grants work study. Another Morehouse man. I spoke down to Morehouse. A lot of men of Morehouse. I tell you what. A man of God of ebeneezer, literally standing in the righteous footsteps of Dr. King. As he says for public service didn’t stop at the church door after preaching on Sunday sermons, it’s advocating for better health care, a living wage, working people, fair, more equal justice system and fighting chance for all Georgians. He’ll bring his soul to his work because that’s who he is. And he is you. He’ll always be your voice in Washington, have no doubt about that, and I can hardly wait to work with you as well, Senator. Look, I said, when I announced one of the three reasons I was running to restore the soul of America. When electing people of character is how to restore the soul of America, people like John and Raphael and the matters. They public service isn’t about them. It’s about, you know, public service is about enriching themselves. It’s about making people’s lives better. They know the Lord listen to me or anyone else. It’s to the people of Georgia. And, you know, this is a tough moment for the country. We just passed 300,000 deaths due to covid. Like many of you. I know what it feels like to lose someone as part of your heart. I know. But that black hole that seems to open up in your chest feels like you seem like you’re being sucked into it. You know how, especially hard it is this time of year. When you look across the table. And you see that empty chair, Christmas and New Year’s. My heart really goes out to all of you. Who’ve lost a loved one? We’ve gotten sick. We’re suffering from the disease. Yet in this darkness, we finally got some good news with the vaccine approval. Still, it’s going to take time. And money to scale up the manufacturing, distribution, and the aluminum injection, the ultimate injection, the vaccine. Meanwhile, the economic crisis has left millions of Americans out of work through no fault of their own. They need to get immediate help to families struggling right now. We need to get moving on, rebuilding our economy, building back better than it was before. It’s tough, as this moment is in this country, as dark as these days of winter seem. I’m still more optimistic about the future of this country than I’ve been my whole career. I know we can do. I know what this country is capable of. I know the future, we can build together. And I hope when you send John and Rafael to Washington to help me get that done. It really is time to leave the anger and bitter politics of division behind us. It’s time for us to come together as a country and start delivering on what we have to get done for the people of America. This is the United States of America. And Brett is ready to act. So Suzanne, John and rovere of the Washington. And that’s what will happen. You know. I ran on the commitment to be president for all Americans. Rafaela are running out of a commitment to be senators for all Georgians. I’m asking you what you’re already doing to support them, because if you do. The doors of promise in progress are going to open in Washington. We’re going to start to get done. What we have to do more than anything will make the lives of every George in the lives of every American better. That’s not hyperbole. That’s a fact. And all begins with your vote. Starting today, as I said, you can vote early, go to geet to find your polling location, tell your friends, your family, just like you did in November. Turn out the vote. So it’s not even close. Don’t give them an excuse to take away your power. Vote for both John and Rafael. Remember, the final words left to us by congressman, my dear friend and American hero John lewis? Remember what John said? He said, the vote is the most powerful, nonviolent change, you have in a Democratic society. And you must use it because it’s not guaranteed. You can’t lose it or use it. You have the power to win this election. Again Let your voices be heard. So the voice of George, you can be heard. There’s nothing beyond our capacity. There’s no limit to America’s future, don’t it can tear America apart as America itself. So let’s just hope over fear, unity over division, science fiction and yes, truth overlies. It’s time to stand up, take back our democracy, send me these two men, and we will control the Senate and we’ll change the lives of people in Georgia. God bless you, and may God protect our troops. Go out and vote, vote, vote. I to make around that, to make people aware that you people got to go around catemaco to make a. So don’t slip into the mud, causing people to. To go around the world, you people. Got to make around. That’s know people trying to make. Around the world, people. People virtual network around that people.
Biden Campaigns in Georgia Ahead of Crucial Runoffs
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday one day after in-person early voting began. He encouraged Georgians to vote for Democratic Senate candidates in two critical runoffs next month that could give his party full control of Congress.
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