Hillary Clinton jabbed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Twitter after Democrats were projected to win at least one of the two Senate runoff races in Georgia this week.
Winning both of the Georgia seats would give Democrats control of the upper chamber, a fact the former secretary of State highlighted on Twitter:
Democrats are set to control at minimum 49 seats in the Senate after the Rev. Raphael Warnock defeated Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) in a special election to fill the remainder of retired Sen. Johnny Isakson’s (R-Ga.) term.
Georgia’s second Senate runoff race between Republican incumbent David Perdue, whose term officially ended Sunday, and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff has not yet been called by The Associated Press or other news outlets. Ossoff is currently leading Perdue by more than 17,000 votes in Georgia with 98 percent of the vote in, CNN reported Wednesday morning.
If Ossoff wins the runoff election against Perdue, the Senate will be split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be able to cast tie-breaking votes following President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration later this month.
A slate of Democratic officials also mocked McConnell about the potential change in Senate leadership on Tuesday after the polls closed in the Peach State.
Current Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday declared himself the Senate “majority leader,” asserting that Democrats have regained control of the upper chamber.
“It feels like a brand new day. For the first time in six years, Democrats will operate a majority in the United States Senate — and that will be very good for the American people,” Schumer said in a statement released Wednesday morning.