… Tomorrow, Republicans will see whether there are real electoral consequences to Trump’s continued rage and myopic focus on overturning the legal results of the election. We will finally learn if the civil war within the Republican Party, especially in Georgia, will have harmed the chances of incumbent Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in the runoff. …
Republicans have said for weeks that they hoped their candidates could “pivot” away from Trump and his baseless claims of fraud, but the president himself has made that impossible. Instead, he’s only ratcheted up his vitriol and belief in insane conspiracy theories as the January 6 electoral vote in Congress inches closer, happening just the day after the runoffs. CONTINUED
Jessica Taylor, Cook Political Report
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