Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton weighed in following the tight Senate Georgia runoff elections, one of which has been called for Democrat challenger Raphael Warnock, claiming victory for Democrats in the Senate.
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,” Clinton said in a Wednesday morning tweet:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 6, 2021
Only one race has been called, with the balance of power in the Senate standing at 50 Republicans and 49 Democrats, as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern.
However, a victory for Jon Ossoff, who is leading GOP incumbent Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) by less than half a percentage point with 98 percent reporting, would result in a 50-50 split in the upper chamber, handing the power over to the party in the White House, which is widely expected to be controlled by Biden administration.
Neither Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) nor Perdue had conceded