/ 06 December 2022

Georgia runoff overshadowed by Trump

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

One month after the US midterm elections, the Georgia runoff race gets underway late tonight our time after neither Senate candidate secured a majority on election day. Polling suggests the incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock – who’s had former president Barack Obama stumping for him – has a narrow lead over Republican challenger/ex-football star Herschel Walker. Democrats really want the win to shore up their majority in the Senate. But the highly anticipated rerun is being overshadowed by comments made by former president Donald Trump. He’s called for the US constitution to be “terminated” over his reignited claims the 2020 presidential election was a “massive fraud” that saw the win “stolen” from him. Trump also continues to face criticism for associating with far-right wingers like muso/entrepreneur Kanye West, which has infuriated Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. So, yeah, US politics ain’t slowing down as the year draws to an end…

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