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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Dec 1, 2020

It looks like Vice President Biden will be carrying Georgia and he is our President-elect. We have seen no substantial changes to the results from any county so far, and that's what we expected.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 30, 2020

Once this recount is complete, everyone in Georgia will be able to have even more confidence in the results of our elections despite the massive amounts of misinformation that is being spread by dishonest actors.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 30, 2020

There are those who exploit the emotions of many Trump supporters with fantastic claims, half truths, misinformation and frankly, they misleading the president as well, apparently.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 29, 2020

The President should not have discouraged his own people from utilizing mail-in voting because they were willing to do it in the last election and they would have voted for him.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 24, 2020

They also share something else in common, an unwavering belief in America's ideals and unshakable commitment to democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 24, 2020

One in six families in America is described their children as being hungry. One in five are describing an inability to pay rent. These are real issues. And the folks that we are talking about, whoever they voted, deserve to have leadership…

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Nov 20, 2020

The law is also very clear about what should happen in the circumstances and there's lots of checks and balances in place to protect and preserve the will of the people. And to protect and preserve the democratic process -- the small d…

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 20, 2020

When all the votes were counted, indeed, Donald Trump lost Georgia.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Nov 19, 2020

It's clear that the voters of Wayne County and the voters of Michigan have made a choice, and it's also clear... that even in spite of all that scrutiny, there's been no irregularities uncovered, no evidence of widespread fraud.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 18, 2020

President-elect Biden and I will make sure you have the resources and support you need to save lives and help get our economy back on track.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 17, 2020

I'm a conservative Republican, always have been. I have never voted for a Democrat. A lot of these people that are spinning up the crowd used to be Democrats. I have always been a conservative Republican. And I want to make sure we have a…

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Nov 17, 2020

The people have spoken, the votes are clear, and truth is on our side. And we're going to continue to ensure that the voice of the people are heard, those votes are validly counted and reflected in the full certification of the state's…

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Nov 17, 2020

This is simply an extension of that and move in the other side's playbook to undermine the will of the people.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Nov 17, 2020

This is really a reflection of truth winning out and winning, and voters' will and voices winning the day.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 16, 2020

When people are out there making boldface lies, you just have to call it out with facts. We were basically fact-bombing them with the truth.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 10, 2020

Each and every vote for Joe Biden was a vote to protect and expand the Affordable Care Act, not to tear it away in the midst of a global pandemic.

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Al Schmidt
@alschmidt· PA· Nov 9, 2020

At the end of the day, we are counting eligible votes cast by voters. The controversy surrounding it is something I don't understand. It is people making accusations that we wouldn't count those votes or people are adding fraudulent votes…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2020

While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last. Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2020

Joe Biden is going to be the president and he has made it clear that he intends to be actively the president for everyone.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2020

Seventy-four million voters and counting literally saved the lives of millions of Americans by firing Donald Trump. That's why we call you voting MVPs.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2020

While I maybe the first woman in this office, I will not be the last. Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 8, 2020

That's what we're going to get with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. She's tough. She's tougher. She will do the things that maybe he wouldn't do or can't do, but I'm hoping that she will do them.

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