Hmmm ... I am at the Capitol where Democratic electors are about to vote. And I spotted a few GOP electors behind this door, as well as some Georgia Republican officials. A guy at the door called it an “education meeting” and scrambled when I tried to walk in. #gapol
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I headed upstairs, where Georgia’s 16 Democratic electors aren’t behind closed doors, but assembled in the state Senate ready to cast their votes for Joe Biden. #gapol
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“They’re still playing through the legal cases, and the president has every right to do that,” says a GOPer. “But I don’t see it changing the national outcome. At this point, it’s more about safeguarding the Jan. 5 runoffs & looking forward.” #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/polit
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. calls electors to order: “Not only did we flip Georgia blue, and not only did we restore the soul of our nation, but we’re sending the first Black woman to the White House.” #gapol
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A GOP elector tells me why they’re huddled downstairs: “Basically, checking legal boxes, if something should come of the lawsuits.” #gapol
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.: “This is a moment for me that I have dreamed about ... We stand not for ourselves and not for our party, but for the people of Georgia.” #gapol
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Meanwhile, downstairs ...
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#Breaking Georgia Republicans are meeting at the Cap to select their own slate of Trump electors to send to Washington even as Georgia Democrats are meeting to send the official slate of Biden electors to Congress.
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Says Brad Carver, one of the GOP electors: “The presidential election has been contested in Georgia. In order to preserve our legal rights, we must elect a slate of presidential electors.” #gapol
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Back upstairs in the Georgia Senate, : “This is not a moment of partisanship. This is a moment of patriotism.” #gapol
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