Trump warns of Georgia Senate runoffs' high stakes

President Donald Trump urged Georgian voters to "flood your polling places with a historic tidal wave of Republican voters," ahe of ruff elections that will determine control of U.S. Senate.

Trump's anunced purpose for Monday evening trip to Georgia was to boost Republican Senate candidates in Tuesday's ruff election, but he spent much of his speech complaining bitterly about his election loss.

"Tomorrow, our entire nation is counting on people of Georgia in a way, world is counting on people of Georgia," president said. "You must deliver a Republican victory so big that Democrats can't steal it or cheat it away. "

One of Georgia Republicans in Tuesday's ruff — Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who faces Democrat Raphael Warck — told crowd she will join senators formally objecting to Biden's win on Wednesday. or Republican seeking reelection, David Perdue, who is running against Democrat Jon Ossoff, will t be eligible to vote.

Trump's daughter Ivanka asked voters to "send a resounding mess that patriotism is alive and well in Georgia."

During outdoor rally Trump repeated numerous times his claims of election fraud, which have been rejected by election officials — Republican as well as Democratic in state after state — and courts up to U.S. Supreme Court. His former attorney general, William Barr, also has said re is evidence of fraud that could change election outcome.

With Biden set to be inaugurated Jan. 20, Trump is intensifying efforts to prevent tritional transfer of power. On a call disclosed Sunday, he can be heard pressuring Georgia officials to "find" him more votes from v. 3 election he lost in that state.

(Im credit: AP)