Senator supporting objection to Biden’s certification suffers historic defeat
One of President Donald Trump’s main allies in the United States Senate, Senator Kelly Loeffler, who plans to join the objection of the election results in Congress today, suffered a historic electoral defeat on Tuesday, according to the latest projections released.
Loeffler announced Monday that he would join other Republican lawmakers who plan to object to the certification, claiming that “tens of millions of Americans have real doubts about the way the November election was conducted,” even though no evidence has been found. of the massive fraud denounced by Trump.
Elections in Georgia, in which two seats are at stake, will determine who controls the Senate.
Following today’s results, Republicans have 50 seats, compared to 49 for the Democratic opposition, with one last still up for grabs. A defeat of Senator David Perdue against the Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff, would leave the final vote in the hands of future Vice President Kamala Harris in the event of a tie. Loeffler lost to the Reverend Raphael Warnock, who thus becomes the first African-American senator from the state of Georgia.
