A teaching activist and self-styled &#8220;equity, diversity, and inclusion specialist&#8221; allegedly appeared to boast on video that he intentionally breaks Georgia <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/georgia-becomes-latest-us-state-ban-divisive-concepts-teaching-about-race-2022-04-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a> by selling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/critical-race-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Critical Race Theory</a> (CRT) curriculum materials to teachers in multiple districts, and mocked Republican Georgia Gov. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brian-kemp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Kemp</a> and his wife for being unaware of his scheme.
Video released by investigative organization <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/journalism-is-on-trial-project-veritas-ordered-to-pay-democratic-consulting-firm-over-2016-sting-operation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Project Veritas</a> on Wednesday morning appeared to show Dr. Quintin Bostic, who reportedly serves as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230117231924/https://www.teachinglab.org/dr-quintin-bostic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">content manager</a> for The Teaching Lab, unknowingly speaking to an undercover journalist for the organization in numerous settings.
“I would say I’m a good salesman, but I’m also an evil salesman,&#8221; Bostic brags about selling the CRT curriculum to be used on kids in kindergarten.
According to the activist, using the term &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion,&#8221; or &#8220;DEI,&#8221; instead of CRT, is a good way to sneak in the content. “If you don’t say the words ‘Critical Race Theory,’ you can technically teach it,&#8221; he explained, adding that DEI “is more accepted than, like, anti-racist education or Critical Race Theory.”
Bostic then dissed the state for having &#8220;no clue&#8221; he&#8217;s pushing CRT materials, noting that two districts — Cobb County and Fulton County — are using his materials. &#8220;There are teachers of color who are like, I want to use this,&#8221; the activist said. Children can now learn the curriculum and eventually teach their own parents, Bostic argued, according to the video.
&#8220;He&#8217;s, like, such an idiot,&#8221; the activist said, allegedly referring to Kemp. &#8220;Like his wife does a lot of stuff on education here as a former teacher, so she does like book donations and those books are just like,&#8221; Bostic added, rolling his eyes.
Asked what Marty Kemp would do if she found out about his CRT scheme, Bostic responded, &#8220;Oh I would get nailed, for sure.&#8221; Bostic suggested his &#8220;business license&#8221; would be taken away, but noted he could just go on to consult.
The activist noted that teachers are really the ones on the hook for the content, since they are the ones buying it.
Back in April 2022, Kemp <a href="https://newschannel9.com/news/local/georgia-governor-signs-crt-ban-parental-rights-bill-into-law-as-election-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> legislation to promote curriculum transparency for parents and banned divisive theories like CRT in the classroom.
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I worked with the General Assembly to pass a Parents&#39; Bill of Rights, ban Critical Race Theory, stop divisive concepts in schools, and protect fairness in girls sports. I&#39;m proud of my record on education, putting parents and students first. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GAGovDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GAGovDebate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GAgov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GAgov</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WSBDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WSBDebate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gapol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gapol</a> <a href="https://t.co/6kwPQ1Aqrr">pic.twitter.com/6kwPQ1Aqrr</a>
&mdash; Brian Kemp (@BrianKempGA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianKempGA/status/1518371802589929472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;With a vast amount of experience as a language and literacy content developer, public speaker, equity, diversity, and inclusion specialist, Quintin has built a reputable career in the field of early childhood and elementary education,&#8221; the site <a href="https://drquintinbostic.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boasts</a>. &#8220;Quintin&#8217;s Ph.D. research examines how ideas of race, racism, and power are communicated through children&#8217;s picturebooks. He currently serves as a Partnerships Manager for the Teaching Lab. Quintin also serves as the Antiracism Co-Chair for the National Association for Professional Development Schools (NAPDS).&#8221;
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BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/TeachingLabHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TeachingLabHQ</a> Director <a href="https://twitter.com/DrQuintinBostic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrQuintinBostic</a> Admits Violating State Law; Sells Critical Race Theory Curriculum to Schools
&#39;If you don&#39;t say the word &quot;critical race theory,&quot; you can teach it&#8230;I&#39;m an evil salesman&#8230;They[State] have no clue&#8230;He&#39;s[<a href="https://twitter.com/GovKemp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovKemp</a>] such an idiot&#39; <a href="https://t.co/w854nzBeVX">pic.twitter.com/w854nzBeVX</a>
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Project Veritas Appears To Catch Activist Boasting About Selling Illegal CRT Curriculum To Indoctrinate Kids, Mocking Gov. Kemp 

Project Veritas Catches Activist Quintin Bostic Boasting About Selling Illegal CRT Curriculum To Indoctrinate Kids, Mocks Gov. Kemp 

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Republican and Democratic officials discussed the future of bipartisan cooperation in the United States during the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/world-economic-forum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Economic Forum</a> in Davos, Switzerland.
The lawmakers spoke during a <a href="https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2023/sessions/america-un-bound" target="_blank" rel="noopener">panel event</a> centered upon policy priorities in the United States moderated by World Economic Forum President Børge Brende. The Republicans and Democrats, to various degrees, asserted that reaching toward the middle of the aisle is more effective for the country than catering to purported radicals, especially on the Right.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) both affirmed that the United States would continue to aid Ukraine until they are victorious over Russia. The latter lawmaker stressed that the Inflation Reduction Act would increase energy security to help European allies facing power supply crunches. “The United States cannot be the greatest economy in the world, we cannot be the superpower of the world, if we do not have energy security,” he commented.
When discussing bipartisan compromise, Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) claimed that there still remains a “pro-Russia” faction of the Republican Party: “I just don’t know where that stuff comes from other than QAnon.” Manchin added that open social media platforms increase partisanship.
Brende asked whether Democrats and Republicans would successfully find a compromise on the nation’s southern border. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) answered by expressing support for increased border security. “The key is to create a system where we get to choose as a nation who we will invite into the country and who we will not. Right now, because our immigration security system is completely broken, we are not choosing who gets to come and who doesn’t. The cartels are choosing,” she said. “And that is not sustainable for our country.”
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), who was one of several Republicans to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-republicans-attending-the-world-economic-forum-next-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attend</a> the World Economic Forum despite skepticism toward the organization from conservatives, asserted that the United States cannot remain a superpower and support Europe without significant reforms to the immigration system. “I represent the Hispanics, which are the largest minority in the country,” she remarked. “The overwhelming majority of the people who are crossing the border as we speak are Hispanics and Latinos like I am. I believe that people like me in Congress should be the ones telling the rest of the political elite that it’s time for both parties to pay attention to something that for the last 35 years neither party has been able to do.”
Brende asked Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) to discuss lackluster Republican performance in the most recent midterm elections; he emphasized his decision to run on his economic record. “I think the people of the state that I represent, which is a great one, they want to know the differences between the candidates, but they also want to know what we’re for,” he said.
Kemp likewise voiced his frustration regarding the fentanyl crisis, increased human trafficking, and other effects of lackluster border security. “Secure the dang border,” he exhorted lawmakers on the stage.
This year’s World Economic Forum conference <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-world-economic-forum-meets-in-davos-this-week-heres-what-to-expect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">features</a> discussions about economic challenges such as record inflation, tensions arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and renewable energy as a solution to climate change. World Economic Forum Chair Klaus Schwab has garnered worldwide notoriety for suggesting that the lockdown-induced recession presents an opportunity for elites to <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advance</a> a “Great Reset” of the planet’s economic and social systems.

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Kemp, Sinema, Other American Lawmakers Take The Stage At World Economic Forum

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Several American officials reportedly enjoyed a lavish lunch with some of the planet’s most powerful corporate leaders and <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/world-economic-forum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Economic Forum</a> Chair <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/klaus-schwab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Klaus Schwab</a> during the organization’s annual conference in Davos, Switzerland.
The organization is a leading proponent of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/esg-the-invisible-fist-of-the-economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stakeholder capitalism</a>, an approach to investments that says executives must consider the needs of communities and other parties in addition to shareholders, as well as increased cooperation between public and private actors. Officials such as Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), and “a few members of the House of Representatives” took part in a luncheon at the conference alongside prominent executives on Monday, according to a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/16/world-economic-forum-manchin-sinema-attend-davos-luncheon-with-ceos.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from CNBC.
One attendee told the outlet that Coons and Manchin each addressed the crowd of business leaders. Coons reportedly discussed efforts to fund the Ukrainian war effort against Russia, while Manchin commented on the merits of American energy independence.
Coons told the outlet that “about 50 CEOs” would attend the luncheon at the Hotel Schatzalp, a property situated in the Alps and decorated in belle époque style. Among the executives in attendance at the lunch was Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri.
European leaders are currently incensed by the Inflation Reduction Act, a law signed by President Joe Biden last year, because the package subsidized American electric vehicle manufacturing and neglected to offer the same benefits to European automakers. Manchin said during an <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/world-econommic-forum-us-lawmakers-pitch-von-der-leyen-in-davos-were-not-protectionist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with POLITICO Europe that the continent’s leaders are “hyper-hypocritical” following several decades of their own protectionist measures.
“That bill was designed to basically strengthen the United States so that we can help our allies and friends, which need it right now,&#8221; the centrist lawmaker remarked. &#8220;And if anybody needs it, the E.U. needs it. And without that, we&#8217;re not going to be and maintain the superpower status of the world if we&#8217;re not energy independent.&#8221;
Manchin said that he has admonished European leaders to refrain from regulations on fossil fuels and instead emphasize technological innovations. “I told them, I said, the most important thing is basically you cannot eliminate your way to clean your climate,” he added. “You can innovate it, and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re doing in the U.S.”
Coons told the outlet that European powers grew “too reliant on Russian energy,” commenting that he desires to “find a path forward” and discuss “the alignment of values and priorities.”
The theme of this year’s World Economic Forum conference is “Cooperation in a Fragmented World,” which involves “how we can tackle the numerous and interlinked challenges the world is facing and find solutions through public-private cooperation,” according to a <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/davos-2023-day-1-what-to-expect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> from the organization. Executives scheduled to speak or participate in panel events include Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, while political leaders such as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska will <a href="https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM23_List_of_confirmed_PFs.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attend</a> the conference.
Several officials from the Biden administration, which has <a href="https://www.state.gov/first-movers-coalition-announces-expansion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partnered</a> with the World Economic Forum through the First Movers Coalition, a “public-private partnership to commercialize clean technologies through advance purchase commitments,” are representing the United States. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will speak on a <a href="https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2023/sessions/philanthropy-a-catalyst-for-protecting-our-planet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">panel</a> about government and corporate actors using “the power of catalytic philanthropy” for climate investments.
Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) will likewise make the pilgrimage to Davos in spite of hesitancy toward the World Economic Forum among conservatives. The officials have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-republicans-attending-the-world-economic-forum-next-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released statements</a> claiming that they will attempt to bring American founding principles to the controversial event.

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American Lawmakers Wine And Dine With Klaus Schwab, Business Leaders At World Economic Forum In Davos: Report

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Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams boasted a massive fundraising haul of more than $100 million in the 2022 cycle, but now her campaign says it owes money and staffers were reportedly cut from pay shortly after the November election.
The Democrat&#8217;s two-time campaign manager, Lauren Groh-Wargo, told Axios the team owes more than $1 million in debt to vendors after Abrams lost to Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-georgia-governor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by nearly 300,000 votes</a>.
“We did not just lose, we got blown out,” <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/12/19/stacey-abrams-campaign-georgia-governor-debt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Groh-Wargo told the news outlet</a>. “It was the most sub-optimal situation to be in. And we will be dealing with that situation for some time.”
Although Groh-Wargo said a &#8220;cavalcade of negative press and negative polling&#8221; was a burden on fundraising in the final stretch, Abrams had outraised Kemp via her campaign and leadership committee, One Georgia, with a total of $105.3 million through October 25, according to <a href="https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/11/03/kemp-abrams-blow-away-previous-gubernatorial-campaign-fundraising-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">finance reports cited by GPB.</a> Kemp, through his campaign and leadership committee, Georgians First, raised $81.5 million up to that point in time.
The GBP report said the total amount raised between the two sides broke the previous record. Together they raised four times the amount Abrams and Kemp did when they first faced off in 2018. Financial disclosures <a href="https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/dates-and-deadlines/2022-reporting-dates/2022-quarterly-filers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for the final quarter of this year</a> are due next month.
Despite her first loss four years ago, Abrams was seen as a rising star within the Democratic Party, and even touted how she would be &#8220;<a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a32132819/stacey-abrams-on-voting-rights-covid-19-and-being-vice-president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an excellent running mate</a>&#8221; to Joe Biden during his 2020 presidential campaign. Abrams, who previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives, has long been criticized by Republicans and conservative media for her <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/stacey-abrams-tells-rachel-maddow-she-did-not-challenge-the-outcome-of-2018-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refusal to concede</a> to Kemp in their first matchup.
A former Abrams campaign staffer <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/stacey-abrams-campaign-more-than-1-million-in-debt/85-1be7ff03-5b0d-4b67-878b-9968a49c6fc1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told 11Alive</a>, an NBC affiliate in Atlanta, most of the candidate&#8217;s 2022 team of roughly 180 received their final checks on November 15, just one week after Kemp won reelection, though this person noted that health benefits stretched through the month and the campaign&#8217;s human resources department helped members find new jobs. By comparison, Axios reported that staff in Kemp&#8217;s campaign were paid through November and received bonuses.
&#8220;If we had ended the campaign with enough money to pay staff through January, and we lost — I think there would be pieces coming out about why does [the campaign] have like $2 million in bank,&#8221; the former staffer told 11Alive. &#8220;I think the campaign was as transparent about things as it possibly could be.&#8221;
A former Abrams staffer who spoke with Axios was less generous. ​​“I figured, $100 million? They should be able to pay me until December,” this person said.

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Georgia&#8217;s Senate runoff is just one week away, and Democratic incumbent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/raphael-warnock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senator Raphael Warnock</a> is neck-and-neck against GOP challenger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/herschel-walker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herschel Walker</a>.
Assisting Walker on the campaign trail is newly re-elected Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brian-kemp-defeats-stacey-abrams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crushed</a> his Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams. Kemp sat down with CNN&#8217;s Kaitlan Collins and explained why Georgians should not vote for Warnock.
&#8220;The runoff now is a very simple choice,&#8221; Kemp <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIfwUOXmEB4&amp;t=407s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at one point in the interview. &#8220;You know, are you going to vote for somebody that&#8217;s been with Joe Biden 96% of the time, or are you going to vote for somebody that&#8217;s going to go up there and fight for Georgia? And that&#8217;s the way I&#8217;m voting.&#8221;
As pointed out by Collins, Walker was the only statewide GOP candidate in Georgia who did not win in the Peach State during the general election. Now, Kemp is lending his clout to help push the former Heisman Trophy winner over the finish line.
Collins asked, &#8220;Does Herschel Walker share your values?&#8221;
Kemp responded, &#8220;Well, listen, when I&#8217;m talking about going to Washington, D.C., and fighting for what Georgians need, I&#8217;m talking about the border, 40 year high inflation, astronomical gas prices since Joe Biden took office, and the agenda that Raphael Warnock has supported up there.&#8221;
Kemp explained that Walker is the go-to guy for the people of Georgia.
&#8220;I mean, to me, it&#8217;s that simple in this race,&#8221; he said again. &#8220;And that&#8217;s, you know, why I&#8217;m voting for Herschel Walker. I want somebody to go up there and go fight for our state and fight for our citizens, not fight to support a president that really, in my view, is not upholding the values of what Georgians want.&#8221;
Kemp also claimed that his recently created federal PAC is designed to &#8220;get Herschel Walker elected to the United States Senate&#8221; and also help future federal candidates in Georgia.
Repeatedly during the interview, he reminded Republicans to not get &#8220;distracted&#8221; by other things during this runoff election.
A portion of the interview can be watched here:
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Voters are particularly animated in this runoff after neither Walker nor Warnock secured more than 50% of the vote during the general.
Georgia broke another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-georgias-record-voter-turnout-is-actually-voter-suppression" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voting record</a> Monday, as more than 300,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots.
The turnout smashed the previous early voting record of more than 233,252 votes in 2018.
Democrats currently have a 50-49 seat advantage in the Senate. Polls show that Warnock and Walker are in a <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2022/georgia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">virtual dead heat</a>.

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Georgia’s Brian Kemp Breaks Down Why Raphael Warnock Shouldn’t Be Re-Elected

Georgia's Brian Kemp Breaks Down Why Raphael Warnock Shouldn't Be Re-Elected

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) dismissed the notion during an interview over the weekend that the Republican Party has a single leader in former President Donald Trump, noting that the party has a few high-power governors that are stars.
Cotton made the remarks Sunday during an interview on CBS News&#8217;s &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; with Margaret Brennan when asked if Trump should &#8220;remain the leader of the Republican Party.&#8221;
&#8220;When the party &#8212; when any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don&#8217;t have a single leader,&#8221; Cotton said. &#8220;The former president is obviously very popular with many of our voters. But we also have important other leaders as well, like some of those victors I just mentioned earlier, like Brian Kemp in Georgia, Ron DeSantis in Florida.&#8221;
&#8220;Last year, you had Glenn Youngkin have a great victory in a bluish Democratic state like Virginia,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I hope to remain a leader in the United States Senate as well, in addition to people like some of those I just mentioned who were re-elected, like Tim Scott. So, when you&#8217;re in opposition, you don&#8217;t have a single leader. That won&#8217;t be the case until we&#8217;re through the &#8217;24 nominating season, and we have &#8212; we have a new nominee.&#8221;
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<blockquote>MARGARET BRENNAN: And we go now to Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton, who was a regular on the 2022 campaign trail boosting GOP candidates. He&#8217;s out with a new book called &#8220;Only the Strong,&#8221; and he joins us this morning from McLean, Virginia. Good morning to you, Senator. And on this Veterans Day weekend, I do want to thank you for your past military service.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well, thank you, Margaret. That&#8217;s kind of you, and thanks to all our veterans for their service in all of our nation&#8217;s wars.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Let me get to the story of the moment. Democrats faced historic headwinds. Eight out of 10 Americans said they felt it was out of control. Republicans had issues like economy and crime really break in their favor. President Biden has a low approval rating. How did Republicans end up with this complete disappointment?
SEN. COTTON: Well, Margaret, I wouldn&#8217;t say it was a complete disappointment. On the one hand, we had strong Republican leaders running on positive records of accomplishments who won very big victories. If you look at governors, like Ron DeSantis in Florida, Brian Kemp in Georgia, Mike DeWine in Ohio, Kim Reynolds in Iowa, Greg Abbott in Texas &#8212; we had senators with the same victories, like Marco Rubio in Florida, and Tim Scott in South Carolina, Ron Johnson in Wisconsin. But on the other hand, obviously, we hoped that we would have won more seats. I think the lessons in our victories can be applied to some places where we came up a little bit short. We need to focus on serious substantive accomplishments and issues like crime, like our wide-open border, like addressing runaway inflation. Even in places where we came up a little bit short, like Lee Zeldin&#8217;s race for governor in New York, he performed very well compared to Republicans in recent elections, and he probably helped save the House of Representatives by bringing four new Republican Congressman-elect across the finish line in New York. I think we have lessons in the places we had victories that we can apply to places where we were disappointed.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Sure, but you lost the ballgame in the Senate. Karl Rove blamed candidate quality and specifically put the blame on former President Trump. He said, &#8220;Mr. Trump turned what should have been a referendum on Mr. Biden&#8217;s terrible record into a choice between himself and the current president. As in 2020, lots of voters chose Mr. Biden.&#8221; Should Mr. Trump remain the leader of the Republican Party?
SEN. COTTON: Well, Margaret, when the party &#8212; when any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don&#8217;t have a single leader. The former president is obviously very popular with many of our voters–
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MARGARET BRENNAN: He&#8217;s the center of gravity.
SEN. COTTON: But we also have important other leaders as well, like some of those victors I just mentioned earlier, like Brian Kemp in Georgia, Ron DeSantis in Florida. Last year, you had Glen Younkin have a great victory in a bluish democratic state like Virginia. I hope to remain a leader in the United States Senate as well, in addition to people like some of those I just mentioned who were reelected, like Tim Scott. So, when you&#8217;re in opposition, you don&#8217;t have a single leader. That won&#8217;t be the case until we&#8217;re through the &#8217;24 nominating season, and we have- we have a new nominee.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You said you&#8217;re not going to run for president in 2024. The former president says he intends to announce he&#8217;s running on Tuesday. Should he be the automatic nominee, or should he face a primary?
SEN. COTTON: Well, Margaret, since I opted against being a candidate in 2024, I &#8212; I don&#8217;t plan to be a pundit or a strategist–
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MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, you just throw out a whole bunch of names of guys who might be running for president, Senator. Are you endorsing them?
SEN. COTTON: And I know almost &#8212; I know almost all of them personally. And I respect their accomplishments, not just their big victories on Tuesday or last year in Glenn&#8217;s case, but also their accomplishments in office. But you know, I know everyone already wants to focus on 2024. I just want to remind everyone that we&#8217;re still in the middle of the 2022 midterm, because we&#8217;re in overtime in Georgia. And the most important thing we can do is elect Herschel Walker to make sure that we can keep the pressure on Democrats in the Senate not to veer far to the left, as they have over the last two years. That&#8217;s where I think everyone should remain focused for these next three weeks.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Should leadership elections in the Senate be delayed until December, and should Mitch McConnell remain as Republican leader in the Senate?
SEN. COTTON: Well, I don&#8217;t see why we would delay the election, since all five or six of our leadership elections are uncontested. You know, the great wrestling champion Ric Flair used to say, to be the man, you got to beat the man. And so far, no one&#8217;s had the nerve to step forward and challenge Senator McConnell. So, I support Senator McConnell. I support the other slate of candidates for our leadership elections. I think it&#8217;s better that we move forward with these elections, so we can focus again on the Georgia runoff.
MARGARET BRENNAN: All right, I want to ask you as well about what will be a consequential meeting tomorrow between President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China, their first face-to-face of the Biden presidency. Mr. Biden says he wants to talk through red lines to understand critical interests. Can the US avoid conflict with China at this point?
SEN. COTTON: We want to avoid conflict with China most certainly in the military sense. I don&#8217;t think we can avoid conflict and tension in terms of diplomatic and economic and political competition. I would urge the president to be very firm in drawing those red lines. We don&#8217;t want to see a repeat of what happened last summer in Russia when Vladimir Putin walked away from their summit in Europe, tempted to go for the jugular in Ukraine, especially a month later after the collapse in Afghanistan, or a replay of something I write about in my new book, &#8220;Only the Strong,&#8221; of the disastrous Vienna summit in 1961 between John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, which encouraged Russian leaders to rampage all around the world for the next year. So I hope the president is very clear in drawing red lines, for instance, saying that the recent rule against China using American semiconductor technology is only the first step. I hope he&#8217;s very clear about Taiwan, that we will continue to arm Taiwan so it can defend itself, and if China goes for the jugular in Taiwan, then we will come to their aid. That&#8217;s the simplest way to avoid military conflict, is to be clear and firm upfront.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But what would you recommend in terms of China not going for the jugular, but a slow strangulation to take over Taiwan, which I know you know is one of the scenarios national security officials are concerned about?
SEN. COTTON: Well, the simplest thing we can do for Taiwan is what we should have started doing for Ukraine before Russia invaded Ukraine, is to provide them with the weaponry that they need to stop an invasion. It&#8217;s urgent that we do so now because unlike Ukraine, Taiwan is an island, which means China could blockade it, and we might not be able to resupply them once China might start military conflict. So, it&#8217;s urgent that we accelerate arms sales to Taiwan, the kind of anti-ship, anti aircraft, missiles and sea mines that they need to fend off a potential evasion from the Communist Chinese.
MARGARET BRENNAN: With China, it&#8217;s a hard problem set because, as you know, our economies are so interlinked. iPhones are made in China. We learned during the pandemic, how dependent we are on the supply chain. They own an enormous amount of U.S. debt. You&#8217;re arguing to separate the two economies, but people like Hank Paulson of the Bush administration have said that&#8217;ll end up with a less stable world with really dangerous economic forces here. How do you possibly do that?
SEN. COTTON: Well, Margaret, as I write in &#8220;Only the Strong,&#8221; it was a bad mistake by leaders in both parties going back 30 years to allow China to get itself so entangled in the United States and to allow us to become so economically dependent in so many ways, whether it&#8217;s things like high tech, electronic equipment, or low tech, basic pharmaceutical ingredients or medical equipment. What I say in &#8220;Only the Strong&#8221; is that we should try to decouple in a strategic sense so we don&#8217;t harm our own people, but we&#8217;re no longer dependent on those critical sectors that we depend on to keep ourselves safe, safe, healthy and prosperous. It&#8217;s one thing if Americans buy, you know, say, children&#8217;s toys or plastic Christmas trees from China. It&#8217;s another thing if China has the market cornered on things like basic pharmaceutical ingredients or the rare earth elements that are so vital to all modern electronics. We have to do so in a smart way, but we have to be aggressive and quick about it.
MARGARET BRENNAN: We&#8217;ll watch to see if there&#8217;s congressional action on any of that. Senator, thank you for your time today.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cotton-makes-decision-on-running-for-president-in-2024-report">Tom Cotton Makes Decision On Running For President In 2024</a>

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Tom Cotton: Trump Not GOP’s ‘Single Leader,’ We Have ‘Important Other Leaders’ Like Ron DeSantis, Brian Kemp

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As Senate control could come down to a Georgia runoff race for the second time in two years, it’s also the second time in two years where former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-should-be-welcomed-trump-press-sec-wont-say-her-ex-boss-should-help-with-georgia-run-off" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Trump</a> may do more to harm Republicans’ chances of success there than he has done to help them.
Trump&#8217;s Super PAC spent $3.4 million backing Herschel Walker in the general election that culminated Tuesday in neither Walker nor incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock topping 50% of the vote, necessitating a December 6 runoff. While Trump&#8217;s endorsement helped the former NFL great secure the Republican nomination, the spending  amounted to less than 5% of the $72 million that outside groups spent helping Walker in the general election, according to a Daily Wire analysis of Federal Election Commission records.
Super PACs like Trump&#8217;s Make America Great Again Inc. can spend unlimited funds independently supporting a candidate or cause, as opposed to PACs, like Trump&#8217;s Save America, which dole donations out directly to candidates.
Walker, whose campaign raised $38 million, could have used more outside help, especially given that Warnock raised $123 million, according to FEC data running through October 19.
Now that the two have to square off again in what is likely to be one of the most expensive runoff elections in history, Democrats have begun <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/democrats-sending-7-million-georgia-bolster-senate-runoff-next-month?utm_source=sf&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=twjtn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moving millions</a> into the state to back Warnock. Trump&#8217;s Save America PAC had nearly <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00762591/?tab=summary">$70 million</a> in the bank as of October 19. By law, it could move any or all of that money into Super PACs to spend on Walker&#8217;s runoff campaign. A spokesman for Trump’s political organizations declined to say whether the former president would spend money helping Walker in a race that could break the 50-50 Senate deadlock.
Trump showed a willingness to spend more freely in Georgia when it came to opposing certain Republicans. Save America’s largest candidate-related expenditures were in the Peach State, including $4.4 million spent on groups that opposed Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in the primary. That money was ultimately wasted as Kemp prevailed and went on to easily win re-election with 53.4% of the vote &#8211; 5% more than Walker, his fellow Republican on the same ticket.
In September 2021, Trump endorsed Walker, a former NFL and University of Georgia star who had appeared on Trump’s TV show Celebrity Apprentice. That set off a primary fight between Walker and others, including a more established political player, Agricultural Commissioner Gary Black. A spokesman for the Georgia Democrats rejoiced at the time, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/02/politics/donald-trump-herschel-walker-endorsement-georgia-senate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> Trump putting his weight behind Walker, who was dogged by allegations of threatening women with domestic violence, “cements the nightmare scenario that Republican leaders in Georgia and Washington have wanted to avoid. This is going to be a long, divisive, and expensive intra-party fight focused on political loyalty tests.”
The runoff situation is déjà vu. Democrats control the Senate now because in 2021, two Georgia Senate races went to runoffs, and Republicans lost both.
Both of the state&#8217;s Senate seats were on the ballot January 5, 2021, with one of them a special election to finish the final two years of the term of Republican Johnny Isakson, who retired. Republicans took the most votes in the initial election for both seats: Republican Sen. David Perdue <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bested</a> Democrat John Ossoff, 49.7% to 47.9%. In the special election in which Warnock ran against Kelly Loeffler, four candidates were on the ballot, and Republicans got 45.9% to Democrats&#8217; 35.7%.
But because no candidate got 50%, both headed to runoffs.
And then came Trump.
After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election in part due to losing Georgia, he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-kemp-call-georgia/2020/12/05/fd8d677c-3721-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressured</a> Kemp to order an audit of signatures on mail-in ballots, something Kemp said he had no power to do. That left Trump incensed at the governor. Lin Wood, a lawyer who had <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/02/records-lin-wood-decades-voted-donated-democrats-including-barack-obama-david-perdues-2014-opponent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donated to Georgia Democrats</a> and not voted in the Republican primary, took up Trump’s claim that his loss in the state was the result of a rigged election, donning a MAGA cap and holding rallies at which he encouraged Republicans <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-georgia-rally-lawyer-lin-wood-says-dont-vote-gop-senators-rigged-runoffs-theyve-1551927" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not to vote</a> in the Senate runoffs. The result was a Democrat sweep.
Trump himself did not tell supporters not to vote, instead <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-tells-supporters-vote-georgia-runoffs-refuses-accept-reality-his-n1250128" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;We have to do just the opposite.&#8221; But <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admits-didnt-push-republicans-140000810.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Examiner</a> reporter David Drucker later asked Trump what might have happened if Trump had said &#8220;despite some irregularities that deserved looking into, the state&#8217;s voting system was reliable&#8221; and urged supporters to vote.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I did say a version of that, but not as strongly as you said, because I was very angry with what happened there.&#8221;
Trump supporters emphasize that money aside, he also holds rallies with candidates at his side, which can help convince people who are conservative but might otherwise sit out election day to vote.
But precedent suggests that in Georgia, an association with Trump may do more to harm Republicans than help them. In addition to Kemp&#8217;s victory, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger also handily won his primary and general elections despite Trump backing a challenger because Raffensperger would not indulge Trump&#8217;s requests related to the election.
Trump boosters also note that he attends fundraisers with candidates, allowing them to raise money because attendees are, in part, paying for a chance to spend time with Trump. Trump held two fundraisers for Walker, but both of them were during the primary election, not the general election, according to a list of fundraisers reviewed by The Daily Wire.
Trump has floated an announcement that he will run for president in the next week, though advisers are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-should-be-welcomed-trump-press-sec-wont-say-her-ex-boss-should-help-with-georgia-run-off" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cautioning him</a> to postpone it, saying it could distract from the Georgia Senate runoff and motivate Democrats to turn out to vote for Warnock, who has finished his two-year special term and is seeking a full six-year term.
Trump can use the money in his Save America PAC to run for president. But if he or any other Republican is elected president in 2024, they will be able to get far more done with a Republican-controlled Senate than a Democrat-controlled one.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-spent-more-backing-trump-esque-candidates-in-primaries-than-trump-has" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrats Spent More Backing Trump-esque Candidates In Primaries Than Trump Has</a>

Former President Donald Trump Holds Rally In Support Of David Perdue And Herschel Walker

Trump Has Spent More Money Opposing Georgia Republicans Than He Has Supporting Them

Democratic candidate <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/stacey-abrams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stacey Abrams</a> compared her loss in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia">Georgia</a> gubernatorial election to the apostle Paul&#8217;s suffering amid his <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/christianity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">missionary</a> work as she conceded to Republican rival and incumbent Governor <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/brian-kemp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Kemp</a>.
After narrowly defeating Abrams four years ago, Kemp was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brian-kemp-defeats-stacey-abrams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">re-elected</a> by a nearly 8-point margin, significantly outperforming his rival even as other swing-state Republicans across the country experienced lackluster results. In her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2zE6eDNFIc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concession speech</a>, Abrams cited the words of the apostle Paul in describing persecution he faced while spreading the good news of Jesus Christ throughout the ancient Roman world.
“I am, too, reminded of what Scripture tells us,” Abrams remarked. “2 Corinthians 4:8 says this: ‘We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. We are perplexed, but not in despair. Persecuted, but not forsaken. Cast down, but not destroyed.’ I know the results are not what we hoped for tonight, and I understand that you are hurting and you are disappointed. I am, too. We may not have made it to the finish line, but we ran that race.”
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In her concession speech last night, Stacey Abrams quoted 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, comparing her election loss to the sufferings of St. Paul and the early church <a href="https://t.co/t8jDxTMcPh">pic.twitter.com/t8jDxTMcPh</a>
&mdash; Woke Preacher Clips (@WokePreacherTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/WokePreacherTV/status/1590335749542801410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Later in the letter, Paul further details the extent of his suffering: “Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea” (2 Corinthians 11:24-25). Unlike the would-be Democratic governor, however, Paul was not recounting his persecution in a prideful manner: “If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness” (2 Corinthians 11:30).
After she lost the 2018 gubernatorial election, Abrams made national headlines for claiming that the election was stolen from her due to purported voter suppression and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-delusional-stacey-abrams-claims-she-never-denied-losing-in-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener">never offered</a> a formal concession to Kemp. Though she has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stacey-abrams-election-denier-denier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied that she denied</a> the election, the former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives announced as late as 2019, “Despite the final tally and the inauguration, I do have one very affirmative statement to make: we won.”
Abrams spent much of her second gubernatorial campaign soliciting votes in predominantly African American churches, where ministers highlighted her candidacy and policy agenda from the pulpit. The attention from professing faith leaders came despite Abrams claiming that looser restrictions upon abortion would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-hurting-your-family-thats-why-we-need-abortion-stacey-abrams-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">help families</a> deal with rising prices. She claimed during one interview that “you cannot divorce being forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy from the economic realities of having a child.”
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Hero&#39;s welcome for Stacey Abrams at Beulah Missionary Baptist Church
&quot;Stacey has been crisscrossing the state of Georgia with the message of one Georgia. One Georgia, where all Georgians can thrive.&quot;
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&quot;In the 48 years that I&#39;ve been a pastor, I&#39;ve established the rule that no candidate speaks&#8230;But in my quiet time, the Lord revealed&#8230;we need to do whatever we can to make sure that governor-elect Stacey Abrams, that she gets elected to the office she was cheated out of.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/w1kQjjlCO5">pic.twitter.com/w1kQjjlCO5</a>
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Republicans lost several high-profile races on Tuesday, including Senate candidates Don Bolduc of New Hampshire and Mehmet Oz of Pennsylvania. The Georgia race between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker will head for a runoff in a replay of the 2020 election cycle.
Republicans, however, managed to hold a handful of seats in the Senate. Ted Budd defeated Democratic rival Cheri Beasley in North Carolina, while J.D. Vance fended off Democrat Tim Ryan in Ohio. The races in Nevada and Arizona have not yet been called by any major networks at the time of writing.

Stacey Abrams Compares Her Election Defeat To The Apostle Paul’s Suffering In Concession Speech

Stacey Abrams Compares Her Election Defeat To The Apostle Paul's Suffering In Concession Speech

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Republican Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will defeat Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams in a rematch of the 2018 gubernatorial election, <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590169805541109760">according</a> to a projection by Decision Desk. 
Kemp, 59, dominated the polls all election cycle and even overcame opposition from former President Donald J. Trump, who endorsed former Senator David Perdue during the GOP primary. 
Abrams conceded the race to Kemp, which she refused to do after their 2018 matchup, later Tuesday night, <a href="https://www.wtvm.com/2022/11/09/democrat-stacey-abrams-concedes-gov-brian-kemp-nations-most-watched-governors-race/">according</a> to WTVM-9.
&#8220;Thank y&#8217;all so much. It looks like the reports of my political death were greatly exaggerated,&#8221; Kemp <a href="https://twitter.com/Emma_Hurt/status/1590203020763369473">said</a> during his victory speech.
&#8220;Looking at the results tonight, we made sure that Stacey Abrams will not be your governor or your next president, &#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickQuinnTV/status/1590204493563850752">continued</a>.
In recent weeks, Kemp shied away from criticism of Trump, choosing instead to express gratitude for the 45th president’s time in office. 
“I don’t know, you’d have to ask him that question. Look, I’m focusing on getting our vote out,” Kemp <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/brian-kemp-trump-georgia-governor-race-cnntv/index.html">told</a> CNN in late October when asked why he thought that Trump was avoiding the Georgia general election. 
“I appreciate what President Trump did for the state of Georgia. His administration was incredible to work with,” he added, noting the help received during COVID. 
Like most other states, crime, inflation, and the economy were the top three issues for Georgian voters.
For her part, the 48-year-old Abrams opted to focus on abortion and cultural issues in the final weeks of her campaign, telling Georgia voters that Kemp&#8217;s victory would threaten women, health care, the LGBTQ community, and even ban certain children from playing with their friends. 
“If we don’t elect me, we will have no health care for half a million Georgians,” Abrams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stacey-abrams-tells-oprah-elect-me-or-transgender-kids-will-be-banned-from-playing-with-friends-parents-will-be-forced-to-lie-and-gay-people-wont-be-protected">told</a> Oprah Winfrey at an October event. “Our children will continue to go to underfunded schools where transgender children have been banned from playing with their friends,” she continued. 
The Democratic nominee also claimed that the government would force parents to teach false history to their children.
“We will have divisive laws that say that you have to lie to your children about their history,” she added.
Later, Abrams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stacey-abrams-takes-stage-at-lizzo-concert-with-my-body-my-choice-sign-after-latto-performs-py">appeared</a> on a stage with a rapper named Latto to promote abortion as apart of her closing arguments. 
Georgia voters were particularly animated in this election, despite Democratic warnings that a 2021 voter ID law signed by Kemp would disenfranchise millions of voters. Democrats warned that the legislation would usher in a new era of “Jim Crow 2.0.” President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/water-and-jim-crow-debunking-the-most-egregious-georgia-voting-law-falsehoods">said</a> it would make that previous era of American history look like “Jim Eagle.”
However, despite those predictions <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/early-voting-breaks-records-georgia-bitter-senate-race-tests-red-blue-rcna55810">more than two million people voted</a> via early voting and absentee ballots, smashing previous records in the process. Election day voters were still being counted as of press time.
Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer in the Georgia Secretary of State&#8217;s office, said during a press conference before the results were final that the voting process during the election had been &#8220;spectacularly boring&#8221; and had experienced no serious issues. He also noted that the average wait time even on Election Day was 2 minutes. The longest wait times were up to 10 minutes in highly populated areas.
Chris, a father of two with a third on the way, in Cobb County told the Daily Wire he voted because he believes it is the &#8220;duty of every citizen, and this election is especially important for several reasons.&#8221;
&#8220;We must stop the controlled demolition of our country by unchecked Democrat policies,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I voted red down the ballot with the exception of Raffensperger since I thought his response to the 2020 election issues was horrendous.&#8221;
The race was one of the most expensive contests of the cycle. Abrams and Kemp raised $165 million for the filing period ending October 25, the <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-abrams-haul-in-three-times-the-campaign-cash-they-did-in-2018/H5OXHGOJWZDETJL6NVKYRBXVQM/">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a> reported.
As of the latest report, Kemp had raised just $69 million in total with roughly $10.3 million cash on hand. Abrams raised a total of $97 million dollars over the whole cycle; she currently has some $5.6 million cash unspent. For comparison sake, in 2018, the two candidates spent just $48 million combined.

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Brian Kemp Defeats Stacey Abrams: Projection

Brian Kemp Defeats Stacey Abrams In Georgia Gubernatorial Race: Projection

MSNBC contributor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-was-war-hero-chopping-wood-when-pulled-out-of-retirement-msnbc-guest-claims/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Johnson</a> jumped the gun on Tuesday afternoon, claiming that the election results in Georgia would not be fair before the polls had even closed in that state.
Johnson claimed that voter suppression in Georgia was far worse than it had been in 2018, arguing that Governor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/brian-kemp-blasts-stacey-abrams-after-she-loses-court-battle-against-georgia-voter-integrity-laws/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Kemp</a> (R) and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) had put policies into place that would keep people from voting.
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&quot;The level of voter suppression [in Georgia] is beyond anything that we saw in 2018&#8230;We can’t say that whatever happens tonight is a fair and equitable election.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/BataCvchTf">pic.twitter.com/BataCvchTf</a>
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&#8220;In the state of Georgia, thanks to Brian Kemp and Raffensperger, they changed the state law so that you cannot get a provisional ballot in Georgia before 5 o&#8217;clock,&#8221; Johnson began. &#8220;So if you waited in line for two and a half hours, got there, and they said, &#8216;Oh, there&#8217;s some sort of mistake,&#8217; you can&#8217;t get a provisional ballot here.&#8221;
&#8220;The level of voter suppression is beyond anything that we saw in 2018, so I think it&#8217;s completely up in the air,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;There has been youth turnout at levels we haven&#8217;t expected. Democrats feel confident, Republicans I&#8217;ve spoken to feel confident. But we can’t say that whatever happens tonight is a fair and equitable election because there have been too many laws passed by election deniers to keep people from being able to express themselves.&#8221;
The <a href="https://sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-guide-voting#Provisional%20Ballot%20Voting%20Guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provisional ballot rule</a> Johnson mentioned, according to the Georgia Secretary of State&#8217;s office, applies to voters who are registered in the county where they are trying to vote, but are attempting to vote at the wrong precinct. Provisional ballots can be filed at the wrong precinct after 5 p.m. — but the voters can also choose to leave the wrong precinct and cast a standard ballot at the correct precinct at any time during polling place hours.
Second-time Georgia gubernatorial hopeful Stacey Abrams (D) has also spoken out ahead of the election, claiming that the record turnout in early voting did nothing to assuage her fears that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/democrats-georgias-record-voter-turnout-is-actually-voter-suppression/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voter suppression</a> was still happening on a grand scale.

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MSNBC Guest Jumps The Gun, Starts Denying Election Results Before Polls Close

MSNBC's Jason Johnson Jumps The Gun, Starts Denying Election Results Before Polls Close

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ATLANTA- Whatever happens on Election Day, it doesn&#8217;t seem like Georgia&#8217;s GOP Senate candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/herschel-walker-reminds-pastor-raphael-warnock-theres-a-baby-in-that-room-as-well-on-abortion-question-during-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herschel Walker</a> will lose on Tuesday.
At worst, he and his opponent — incumbent<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/raphael-warnock" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Senator Raphael Warnock</a> (D-GA) — will head to a runoff election. At best — as one top Atlanta-based pollster says is still likely —  he will win outright thanks to in part to the success of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) as well as Walker&#8217;s success amongst black voters.
&#8220;Ironically, the poor performance by [Democrat gubernatorial candidate] Stacey Abrams in her contest appears to be impacting Sen. Warnock in his race,&#8221; pollster Matt Towery recently <a href="https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-midterm-election-insideradvantage-poll-results-kemp-walker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox 5.
Towery, who heads up the polling firm InsiderAdvantage, says that his final poll shows that Walker is currently leading 49% to 47%. In order to win outright, either candidate must win 50% or more of the total vote.
Towery says that the strength of other GOP candidates on the ballot could assist the former Heisman Trophy winner over that hump.
&#8220;Brian Kemp&#8217;s strong performance may well &#8216;lift all boats and put Walker over the necessary 50% plus one needed to escape a runoff,&#8221; he added in a statement. &#8220;We expect Kemp to hit at least the 54% mark in the final vote and likely above that.&#8221;
Towery also said that Walker is hitting all the right demographics that are key to forming a winning coalition.
&#8220;The final breakdown of early voting in Georgia indicates a less than robust African American turnout,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;Our weighting adjusts that demographic at a higher final percentage in the event there is a more traditional/more robust turnout on Election Day. While African Americans traditionally vote in overwhelming numbers for Democrats, our recent surveys have shown Walker with a solid 20% of that vote. Among white voters, Walker is surpassing the &#8216;magic&#8217; 61% usually needed for a Republican to win in the state.&#8221;
Another poll by Trafalgar Group also shows that Walker is inching toward victory on Tuesday night. According to Trafalgar, Walker <a href="https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/ga-sen-1107/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leads</a> Warnock 49.7% to 46.5%.
The momentum appears to be on Walker&#8217;s side as well. As <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/herschel-walker-hasnt-trailed-in-the-last-six-polls-in-the-realclearpolitics-average/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed</a> out by National Review&#8217;s Rich Lowry, the Republican hasn’t trailed in the last six polls in the RealClearPolitics polling average.
Despite Warnock attempting to bill himself as a moderate, Walker has been hitting the Democrat hard for his support for President Joe Biden&#8217;s agenda.
&#8220;He talked about I’m not ready. No, you’re not ready,&#8221; Walker <a href="https://www.wabe.org/warnock-walker-get-personal-in-georgias-closing-arguments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> recently in response to criticism from Warnock that he was unqualified for the Senate. &#8220;Because you either voted with Joe Biden 96% of the time, or you had no clue what you were doing. You pick which one you want — no clue of what you’re doing or you voted with him 96% of the time which is headed in the wrong direction.&#8221;
Should the election go to a runoff, the <a href="https://www.sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/2022%20State%20Scheduled%20Elections%20Short%20Calendar.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top two vote-getters</a> will face off against each other again on December 6.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Top Atlanta-Based Pollster Predicts Outright Win For Herschel Walker Still Possible

ATLANTA — Several final polls for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia&#8217;s 2022 gubernatorial race</a> show that incumbent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brian-kemp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Governor Brian Kemp (R)</a> will defeat Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams handily in a rematch of the 2018 election.
Per RealClearPolitics&#8217; polling average, Kemp has an <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/governor/ga/georgia_governor_kemp_vs_abrams-7538.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">8.3-point lead</a> over Abrams. The Trafalgar Group&#8217;s <a href="https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GA-Gen-Poll-Report-1107.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest and closing poll</a> for this race reports that the governor could defeat his opponents by a margin of nearly nine points, with 52.6% of respondents in a survey taken between November 4 &#8211; November 6 affirming they would vote for Kemp. Just 43.7% of those who responded to Trafalgar said they would vote for Abrams.
Kemp spent part of Monday in Macon, Georgia, making a final plea for re-election to voters in a county that went for Abrams 62.89% to 36.90% in <a href="https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Macon/91734/Web02.222263/#/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2018</a>.
&#8220;It&#8217;s been our honor, working hard every single day for the Georgia citizens,&#8221; Kemp said during one stop in the area. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been doing good in our state, quite honestly, because we&#8217;ve been saying no to Stacey Abrams.&#8221;
In recent days, Abrams has reignited criticism of Kemp for reopening Georgia&#8217;s economy and schools in the early days of the pandemic.
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For his part, the governor has defended his actions while blasting Abrams for her pro-lockdown positions.
&#8220;We said &#8216;no&#8217; when she criticized me for reopening small parts of our economy back during the pandemic,&#8221; he added Monday, saying he was &#8220;simply giving Georgians the opportunity to decide for themselves and give them the opportunity to live to fight another day and go back to work.&#8221;
Kemp also pointed to the Peach State&#8217;s economic success as evidence that he made the right judgment call in 2020.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve had the lowest unemployment rate in the history of our state, the most people working ever in the history of our state for two record years in a row even during a global pandemic because we said no to Stacey Abrams,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/governor-brian-kemp-rallies-macon-voters-one-last-time-before-election-day-2/93-4bfe7a66-2c33-4be8-9ace-e3dc1b722ce8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
Kemp also blasted national Democrats for the damaging effects of inflation. He claimed that the top two issues on voters&#8217; minds are the economy as well as tackling crime.
&#8220;Well, I think it’s a pocketbook election and a public safety election,&#8221; he added. &#8220;People are struggling, 60% of Americans are living week-to-week because of Joe Biden’s 40-year high inflation and disaster at the gas pump or their family vehicle up or their work vehicle up.&#8221;
Polls opened in Georgia at 7:00 am ET and will close at 7:00 pm. Due to the <a href="https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/11/03/what-expect-on-election-night-and-beyond-in-georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2021 voting reform law signed by Kemp</a>, election officials will now be required to count the votes through the night without stopping, which means it could be an early night for Abrams and Kemp.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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