One Pandemic, Two Different Worlds In Georgia Runoff Races

November 28, 2020 10:22 am

BUENA VISTA, Ga. (AP) – It’s two starkly different worlds on display in Georgia, where the national political spotlight is on twin Senate runoffs that will determine which party controls the chamber to open President-elect Joe Biden’s administration. Republicans need one more seat for a majority; Democrats need a sweep on Jan. 5. For Republicans, the pandemic is secondary in a runoff blitz defined by dire warnings about what it would mean if Raphael Warnock defeats Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Sen. David Perdue falls to Democrat Jon Ossoff. Democrats, meanwhile, are more than eager to talk about COVID-19 and its economic fallout. The messaging differences bleed over to the two sides’ public health protocols.