With Georgia Rally, Trump Tests Role As Asset Or Liability For Senate GOP Control

President Trump at a campaign rally last month in Rome, Ga.

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When President Trump hosts a campaign rally later Saturday in Georgia — a state he’s repeatedly attacked with false claims of election fraud — he’ll test whether he will be an asset or a liability for Republican hopes to keep control of the Senate.

It marks the president’s first return to the campaign trail since he lost his bid for re-election, triggering Trump’s rampage against states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden.

This includes Georgia, where Trump and his associates have assailed the state’s election system and top Republican officials, including Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.