Given that Republicans have lost the White House one would think they would be fighting tooth and nail to hold onto their Senate majority in January's two runoff elections here in Georgia on behalf of David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler against Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, respectively.
But to be a Republican these days is to be a Trump supporter first and foremost and Trump supporters are taking aim fellow Republicans rather than at Ossoff and Warnock. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was besieged by questions from Trump supporters in Marietta over the weekend demanding to know why they should vote for Perdue and Loeffler when the election has been rigged. All of which has Trump supporters calling for a boycott of the runoff elections. President Trump has fanned the flames by calling Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp "an enemy of the people" because he won't overturn election results which saw Joe Biden win the Peach state's 16 electoral votes and now wants Kemp to be challenged in the GOP gubernatorial primary in 2022.
But by Trump focusing his supporters' energy on a race that won't be decided for another two years instead of race which will be decided in a little over a month he has given Democrats a great big gift they will happily accept without lifting a finger.
I, for one, hope Trump supporters are serious about boycotting the Georgia runoffs. Because if they are then Americans will finally get some serious COVID relief with Biden in the White House and Democratic control of both the House and the Senate. Even with Biden in the Oval Office, a Republican controlled Senate unwilling to provide COVID relief will only bring about more misery.
Let me put it this way. Since Republicans are generally miserable creatures, I'd rather they be miserable to each other than to the rest of us.
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