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Did Georgia voters throw out some babies with the bath water?

Somebody sent me an email Wednesday morning that said, “I’m sure you’re happy now that Democrats swept all the top positions in Georgia and took control of the U.S. House and Senate. You just wait; our country is headed to hell.”

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