One week from tonight, Georgia will decide the future of the United States.
Yes, Joe Biden takes office three weeks from tomorrow, but if Georgia elects either Republican Senator David Perdue or Kelly Loeffler then Mitch McConnell will run the show.
Today, McConnell blocked efforts by Senate Democrats to vote on a $2,000 stimulus check for all Americans earning less than $75,000 a year. Yesterday, House Democrats along with 44 Republicans voted to grant Americans a $2,000 stimulus.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved on this after President Trump called for a $2,000 stimulus a week ago after raising objections to the $900 billion COVID relief package passed by Congress. As I (and many others said at the time) Trump was totally being disingenuous. After all, Trump didn't veto the package and ended up signing two days ago but only after extended unemployment benefits had already lapsed. The COVID bill would have extended unemployment relief for 11 weeks.
But credit Pelosi for acting on Trump's suggestion even if he didn't mean it. Still, there won't be any $2000 much less $1200 stimulus checks so long as McConnell and the GOP are in charge of the Senate.
Georgia voters can change that between now and January 5th. If Georgia elects both Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock then America won't be at the mercy of McConnell.
If McConnell blocking a $2000 stimulus checks isn't enough to convince Georgia to vote Democrat then nothing will.
I've voted for Ossoff and Warnock. So have many of the more than 2 million Georgians who have already voted. Now it's up to the rest of Georgia's voters to do their part because America is counting on us.
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