'Elf' Cast Fundraiser, Biden And Pence Visits: GA Senate Race

GEORGIA — Big names, big bucks — and a big elf — are making their presence felt ahead of the January runoff to choose Georgia's two senators.

"Elf" Cast To Livestream Reading As Ossoff, Warnock Fundraiser

Atlanta native Ed Helms will join Will Ferrell and the rest of the cast of “Elf” for a livestreamed table read of the classic Christmas movie to raise money for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

“When they asked me to a be a part of #ElfForGeorgia I couldn’t believe it!” Helms posted to Twitter. “It’s one of the best holiday movies ever and proceeds go to benefit Dems in my home state.”

Helms, who starred in “The Office” and later in the “Hangover” movies, graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1992.

Also appearing will be Zooey Deschanel, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen, Amy Sedaris, Andy Richter, Kyle Gass, John Lithgow, Danny Woodburn, Pod Save America host Jon Favreau, Busy Philipps and Matt Walsh. The table read will be hosted by Ashley Nicole Black.

“If I were any more excited to be in the #ElfForGeorgia reunion I might explode into a burst of snowflakes,” Deschanel wrote on Twitter.

Tickets for the event are available here.

Pence Rallies In Augusta Thursday, Biden In Atlanta Tuesday

On Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence headlined a “Defend the Majority” rally in Augusta supporting Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, both fighting to stay in Congress.

Pence urged the crowd at Augusta Regional Airport to elect both to “hold the line” against Democrats, according to WRDW-TV in Augusta.

“We’re going to keep fighting until every illegal vote is thrown out,” Pence said, as reported by the Augusta TV station. “We will never stop fighting to make America great again.”

Almost every lawsuit filed by allies of President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 general election has been thrown out of court.

Although most Republican leaders won’t publicly say that Trump lost the election, Perdue himself tacitly admitted it in a video call with members of the Republican Jewish Commission as reported by The Washington Post. “We know what this change of command at the top will mean with our foreign relations,” Perdue said in a recording obtained by the Post.

Next Tuesday, the Democrats will be sending a rock star of their own, President-elect Joe Biden, to Atlanta to drum up support for challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. As of Thursday afternoon, an exact time and location had yet to be announced.

Liberal Voter-Rights Group Launches Attack Ads Against Loeffler, Perdue

Meanwhile, Politico reports that a liberal group, the Voter Protection Project, is paying $1 million to buy TV ads and direct mail supporting Warnock and Ossoff while targeting Republicans and right-leaning independents who watch Fox News. The group is betting it can back the Democratic challengers the same way Biden became the first Democrat to win Georgia since 1992.

Attack ads aimed at Loeffler and Perdue funded by the group already are airing in Georgia. Both claim that the pair made stock trades based on coronavirus information they downplayed to the public, profiting while the general population suffered.