ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Official election results show President-elect Donald Trump winning Georgia with 50.7 percent of the popular vote.
The state’s 16 Republican electors met at the State Capitol on Tuesday to officially cast their votes for Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon led the electors.
The mood was harmonious. The vote was like clockwork. There was no comparison to the tension in 2020.
McKoon spoke inside the Georgia Senate Chamber before calling for a vote. He addressed what he called “indignities” that Trump faced over the last 4 years.
“Imagine a president of the United States, a former president of the United States, having his home raided by law enforcement officers, having partisan prosecutors that put their loyalty to their political party, over their loyalty to their oath of office,” said McKoon. “All the indictments, all the unbelievable perversion of our criminal justice system. Not one, but two attempts on President Trump’s life.”
Georgia’s election interference case against Trump is unlikely to go to trial.
“It seems like in a lot of ways, this fever has broken in America and in Georgia, and we can respect the result of a clear win in the election,” said McKoon.
The GOP electors felt confident in the 2024 election results. McKoon said the GOP will push for more election reform bills, including opting out of automatic voter registration and closed party primaries.
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