{"id":32409,"date":"2017-06-20T21:39:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T02:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=32409"},"modified":"2017-06-20T23:03:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T04:03:03","slug":"republicans-retain-georgias-6th-congressional-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=32409","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Retain Georgia&#8217;s 6th Congressional District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/decisiondeskhq.com\/results\/georgia-sixth-congressional-district-special\/\">Decision Desk<\/a>, Republican Karen Handel has defeated Jon Ossoff in the special election for Georgia&#8217;s Sixth Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Some tweets:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ossoff?src=hash\">#Ossoff<\/a> outspent Handel by seven to one and the left&#39;s favorite man-child still can&#39;t win <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GWSbJBfHSW\">pic.twitter.com\/GWSbJBfHSW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dinesh D&#39;Souza (@DineshDSouza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\/status\/877350034047717376\">June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Democrats are no longer a party. They are a bicoastal elitist fringe group <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GA06?src=hash\">#GA06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jack Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/877350741924470784\">June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats haven&#39;t wasted $40M this disastrously since <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wendydavis\">@wendydavis<\/a> lost the governor&#39;s race in TX by 21% in 2014.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ga06?src=hash\">#ga06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattMackowiak\/status\/877349542471102464\">June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">STOP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> !!! It&#39;s TOO MUCH WINNING!!! I can&#39;t take anymore!!!  Referendum on our President?!?  ABSOLUTELY!   \ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude01\ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GA06?src=hash\">#GA06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Prox (@proxcee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/proxcee\/status\/877351180866899968\">June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She persisted.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Congresswoman-Elect Karen Handel! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GA06?src=hash\">#GA06<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GA6?src=hash\">#GA6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThePersistence?src=hash\">#ThePersistence<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/50TQP2Hdvs\">pic.twitter.com\/50TQP2Hdvs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/877346801996750848\">June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I feel like I&#39;ve seen this somewhere before. \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude2d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GA06?src=hash\">#GA06<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlipThe6th?src=hash\">#FlipThe6th<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yv26eJnzSR\">pic.twitter.com\/Yv26eJnzSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leah the Boss (@LeahRBoss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeahRBoss\/status\/877353707343683584\">June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN gonna CNN:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is priceless!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeNews?src=hash\">#FakeNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GA06?src=hash\">#GA06<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Handel?src=hash\">#Handel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ossoff?src=hash\">#Ossoff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fn1E1KTqbt\">pic.twitter.com\/Fn1E1KTqbt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pamela Moore (@Pamela_Moore13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pamela_Moore13\/status\/877343178537353217\">June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Newspapers around the country are erasing their HUGE UPSET REBUKE TO TRUMP headlines to replace them with WILD NIGHT OF NBA TRADES! and relegating the Georgia&#8217;s 6th news back to A8&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In another special election, Republicans, as expected, held on to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2017\/06\/20\/south-carolina-special-election-norman-holds-house-seat-for-republicans.html\">South Carolina&#8217;s 5th District<\/a>, with Republican Ralph Norman beating Democrat Archie Parnell in a closer-than-expected race for the seat vacated by Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney. <\/p>\n<p>Except for retaining the overwhelmingly Democratic California 34th Congressional District, Democrats seem O-for-Everything in special elections in the Trump era&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Decision Desk, Republican Karen Handel has defeated Jon Ossoff in the special election for Georgia&#8217;s Sixth Congressional District. Some tweets: Looks like #Ossoff outspent Handel by seven to one and the left&#39;s favorite man-child still can&#39;t win pic.twitter.com\/GWSbJBfHSW &mdash; Dinesh D&#39;Souza (@DineshDSouza) June 21, 2017 The Democrats are no longer a party. 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