Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler said she intends to “hold the line” and defeat Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock in January’s special runoff election.
In an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday night, the Republican said she is “concerned” about the vote-counting process in the race against Warnock and that she supports an election in which “every legal vote counts.”
“We have to make sure that we know that Georgia voters can trust the process,” Loeffler said. “We have to hold officials accountable for having an election that is fair, where every legal vote counts and no legal votes don’t count.”
Loeffler implored Georgians to “save” the country by voting early, as the state opens its voting process on Dec. 14.
Tens of millions of dollars are being poured into the campaigns on both sides of the aisle for the two Georgia Senate seats heading to runoffs, with the majority in the upper chamber hanging in the balance. Ingraham asked Loeffler what she thought about the amount of money being spent in the election.
“Chuck Schumer made it very clear that ‘if we take Georgia,’ he said, ‘we will change America,'” Loeffler said, referring to the minority leader from New York. “So, it’s no wonder that liberals are supporting the most radically liberal candidate in the country for Senate today in Raphael Warnock, and I’m going to expose that.”
Loeffler did not shy away from the prospect of future debates with Warnock, whom she accused of “supporting folks like Fidel Castro” and “criticizing police officers.”
“I would welcome another chance to debate Raphael Warnock,” Loeffler said. “Look, we had a debate. I had the opportunity in that debate to show how radical his agenda is, and we’re just getting started.”
Loeffler also noted she introduced legislation that would increase the penalties for election interference.
“We encourage folks to get out and vote, vote early to make sure that their vote counts,” Loeffler said. “We’re going to make sure Georgians can trust this process.”
The vote total and counting process in Georgia has been mired in delays and allegations from the Trump campaign of fraud.
On Monday, 2,600 ballots were found in Floyd County, which could net President Trump around 800 additional votes during a recount of the entire state. Nearly 5 million votes were cast in Georgia’s presidential race. Democrat Joe Biden led Trump in Georgia by about 14,000 votes before the recount.
Nearly 160 counties were ordered to recount their votes before Wednesday, Nov. 18, at midnight. Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling called for Floyd County’s elections director to resign after the new ballots were discovered.
