Here Are The Best Memes And Tweets From People Celebrating The Democrats Winning In Georgia
"2021 came out swinging."
Democrats officially took Senate control on Wednesday after sweeping both runoff elections in Georgia.
Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock beat Republican incumbents Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler to move the party to a 50-50 split in the Senate, which Vice President–elect Kamala Harris will preside over as the tiebreaking vote.
All over the internet, people who supported the Democrats had a lot to celebrate.
Morning!! Thank you Georgia!! #TheView
Especially Black voters, who are being credited with showing up in a big way for the candidates.
Literally every minority waking up today in Georgia #GAelection
@NBCPolitics Georgia black voters to Loeffler
dems from other swing states looking at what black women did in georgia like
Many celebrated that it seems Georgia has officially gone blue.
Georgia said it’s not a phase mom, it’s a lifestyle
And joked about Trump's call, in which he threatened the Georgia secretary of state to change the general election results, as being a deciding factor.
@jewday They caught him in 4K, they caught him on camera lmaoooo #fyp #meme #lego #dancing #legostarwarspfp #georgia #politics #biden2020 #trump2020
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As well as other current events.
Georgia Senate Covid-19 runoffs coverage vaccines 🤝 increasing excitement about needles
Of course, there was a lot of love for Stacey Abrams.
@DecisionDeskHQ @ossoff
This is a Stacey Abrams stan account now
As well as dunking on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who will lose his control of the Senate.
@conwilk senate MINORITY leader #mitchmcconnell #kamalaharris #georgia #flipthesenate
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Many people also pointed out that Ossoff is the first millennial elected to the Senate.
Our next US Senator was 19 when Fergalicious came out
A historic moment in the making - GA elects first ever US Senator who follows @dril
It's a vibe.
Congratulations to Jon Ossoff, the first U.S. Senator to catch a computer virus while trying to download the Garden State soundtrack from Limewire
All in all, people are feeling good about 2021.
The $2000 stimmy is back, Mitch is ditched, caillou is finished, Kanye and Kim are over......all within 6 days of 2021. We did it, Joe.
6 days into the new year and already we got Caillou cancelled, $2000 coming our way, Mitch is ditched, and Kanye cheating on Kim with Jeffree Star.... 2021 came out swinging
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