georgia project. nan orrock is a democratic state senator in georgia. her senate district 36 includes downtown atlanta. we welcome you both to democracy now! let's begin with dr. raphael warnock. what happened in atlanta? it was close, but in the end, the republican pulled it out and karen handel, in her acceptance speech and her victory speech last night, thanked president trump as people chanted "trump." >> good to be here with you, amy, even on a day like this. we have to play for the long game. we were very focused on this election -- indeed, the whole country has been focused on the special election here in georgia. i do think we have to keep in mind that this has been a solid republican district for a very long time, for about four decades. this was an uphill journey from the beginning. the fact that this was actually a real race, that this was --