Although the presidential election is over, the fate of the Senate is still at stake.
More than a month has passed since the US presidential election, and while President Donald Trump still refuses to acknowledge his loss, the political system is already eyeing the next battle - the special vote in the Senate seats in Georgia on January 5, a vote that will decide the fate of the Senate.
Trump claims election fraud // Photo: Reuters
The fight in Georgia went into gear last weekend, with Trump expected to arrive in the country and hold a rally in support of Republican candidates David Fredo and Kelly Loffler.
Many in the Republican Party have long urged the president to focus on running the country, and to encourage his supporters to go out and vote.
But Trump has meanwhile chosen to concentrate on the election results - including the results in Georgia, which President-elect Biden won by a margin of about 12,000 votes - and largely undermined the confidence of his supporters in the entire system, which may dissuade them from voting in January.
The coming days are especially significant in the upcoming election campaign, because the registration for voting will end this coming Tuesday, and the early voting will begin as early as December 14.
The Republican candidates, who stood behind Trump when he attacked Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and other senior local authority officials, hoped the outgoing president would succeed in motivating his supporters, but at the same time must have feared his mouth.
Trump supporters: "Republicans did not gain support for them"
On Friday, Trump's legal team filed a new lawsuit in Georgia, another lawsuit that most estimates would dismiss.
Trump even drew a direct line on Wednesday between his personal battle and victory in the Senate election.
"The best way to secure the victory of Loopler and Fredo is to allow a check of signatures in the presidential election, which will ensure a presidential victory in Georgia," Trump wrote on Twitter, even though the state has already conducted two repeat counts.
Two pro-Trump attorneys, Sydney Powell and Lynn Wood, stepped up and did this week when they said this week that Republican candidates "did not gain support for them," adding, "Why would you go back to voting while addicted to voting?"
A senior Republican in the state election, Republican Gabriel Sterling, said in an interview with CNN that "there is no doubt" that the unfounded accusations of forgery will lower the percentage of Republican voters in the election.
The Democratic camp is also focused on Georgia, and President-elect Biden tweeted on Friday that "our work in Georgia is not over yet."
Former President Obama held a virtual rally this weekend in support of Democratic candidates John O'Sullivan and Rafael Warnock.
Today there will also be a televised confrontation between Loopler and Warnock.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post reported on Friday that the Trump administration has refused to allow Biden's men to meet with senior Pentagon intelligence officials.
According to sources, the Pentagon rejected requests from the incoming president's staff to meet with heads of intelligence agencies.
