Obama Spells Out Importance Of Georgia Runoff Elections: ‘Stakes Could Not Be Higher’

Former President Barack Obama spelled out the significance of the Georgia runoff elections in no unsure phrases on Monday.

“The stakes could not be higher,” Obama warned on social media, urging voters to assist Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock unseat Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in races that would in the end decide who will win management the U.S. Senate.

“We’re seeing how far some will go to retain power and threaten the fundamental principles of our democracy,” wrote Obama. “But our democracy isn’t about any individual, even a president—it’s about you.”

Obama inspired voters in Georgia to reply “with the most powerful tool we have as Americans — your vote.”

If the Democratic challengers win each seats, the Senate shall be cut up 50/50 and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will obtain the tie-breaking vote.

Obama’s posts got here as his successor, President Donald Trump, continued to disclaim the fact of his 2020 election loss to President-elect Joe Biden — Trump’s newest try being his pressuring of Georgie Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) in an early January phone name to “find” sufficient votes to overturn the state’s outcomes.

At a rally in Georgia on Monday evening, Trump falsely railed as soon as once more in opposition to the “rigged” election and claimed with out proof that “Democrats are trying to steal the White House, you cannot let them.”