US President-elect Joe Biden told Georgia voters that they'd "taught Donald Trump a lesson".

He was speaking at a rally for Democratic Senate candidates, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, in Atlanta, Georgia. They are trying to unseat Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in January 5 runoff elections that will determine which party controls the Senate.

The president-elect warned that Republican victories would leave him to face the kind of GOP obstruction that hampered former President Barack Obama for most of his two terms.

He continued: "Thank you for standing strong to make sure your voices were heard and your votes were counted…and counted…and counted again. I'm starting to feel like I won Georgia three times. I have to say, it feels pretty good. You know, I think all of you just taught Donald Trump a lesson. In this election, Georgia wasn't going to be bullied."

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