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The Democrats all won the final votes for the Senate held on the 5th (local time) in the two constituencies in Georgia, the United States, and took control of the Senate after the White House and the House of Representatives. President Donald Trump, who doesn’t win the presidential election results, is said to be the top contributor to achieving the so-called’blue wave’.
According to Reuters, Democratic Candidate John Osoff won over first-ever Republican Congressman David Purdue. Candidate Rafael Warnock became the first black senator in Georgia, defeating Republican Congressman Kelly Loeffler.
As a result, the composition of the US Senate was divided into 50 seats by both parties. Although there is no majority party, the Democratic Party to which the Vice President belongs will take control, and the pursuit of Joe Biden’s pledge has been strengthened. Under the U.S. Constitution, the Vice President serves as the ex officio Senate chairman, and in the case of an equal number of parties, the casting boat can be exercised.
CNBC said on the 6th that immediately after the defeat in Georgia, criticism of President Trump came out among Republican officials, donors and staff. An election official in the Republican Party complained that President Trump “distrusted the (election) system, making it difficult for candidates to take a position.”
An election strategist close to Republican leader Mitch McConnell pointed out, “The dissatisfaction with the election results has made it difficult to convey the message that the Senate is needed to check the Biden administration.”
According to the US Congressional magazine The Hill, Georgia’s presidential election commissioner Gabriel Sterling criticized Trump as President Trump’s responsibility if Republican candidates were defeated in an interview with a broadcaster the day before.
“People started to believe when you (President Trump) told people that the tickets were stolen. Eventually you started a civil war in the Republican Party when we had to unite,” he said. “All this after the November 3rd election. It was due to the decision he made.”
Georgia’s deputy governor Jeff Duncan, a Republican member of the state, also said in an interview with ABC the previous day that he was seriously concerned that Trump’s remarks could lower the Republican turnout in the final ballot.
“Unfortunately, too many people in our party have been talking about misinformation, fraudulent elections, and distractions over the past two months,” he said.
The New York Times (NYT) said Republicans had lost in Georgia, where the politically still leaned towards conservatives, and Republicans dragged President Trump throughout the campaign, who refused to acknowledge Biden’s victory and demanded Georgian officials to overturn election results. It was diagnosed that the cuddly point was a major hole.
The NYT pointed out that President Trump’s political downfall is now clear, and that his resignation ended with giving the White House, the House, and the Senate to the Democrats.