By Ewan Palmer
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Social media users have compared Republican senator Kelly Loeffler to Ann Coulter following her performance in the televised debate for the upcoming Georgia runoff.
There were several talking points as Loeffler came up against her Democrat challenger Raphael Warnock ahead of the January 5 vote, including the GOP candidate refusing three times to say that Donald Trump lost the election, or if she believes the election was rigged.
"It was very clear that there were issues in this election, there were 250 investigations open, including an investigation into one of my opponent's organizations for voter fraud. We have to make sure that Georgians trust this process for what's at stake in this election," she said.
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However, on Twitter many people were instead focusing on Loeffler's physical appearance to Coulter, as well pointing out their apparent similar views.
Others also criticized Loeffler for her opinions brought up during the debate, including her criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as her apparent robotic performance when delivering answers to questions.
Coulter was previously a staunch supporter of Trump during his 2016 election campaign, but has since frequently criticized the president over his failure to act upon his promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Kelly Loeffler is Ann Coulter with even longer hair extensions and even shorter grasp of facts or honesty," tweeted Mrs. Betty Bowers, a satirical comedic character played by Deven Green. "Kelly Loeffler proves that Disney's animatronic technology still has a long way to go before it replicates humans with any verisimilitude."
"Kelly Loeffler is like Ann Coulter under a mild anesthetic," wrote writer J. Elvis Weinstein.
"Kelly Loeffler looks like Ann Coulter with fish eyes, and sounds like an automaton. Pull the string in her back and she repeats the same line over and over again with no emotions," added Twitter user @ShawnLaighean.
"Main difference between Kelly Loeffler and Ann Coulter? Ann Coulter doesn't need to have her robot batteries charged overnight," joked @scientificrealm.
However, some of Leuffler's supporters dismissed the comparison with Coulter.
"The only diss angry libs can think of for @KLoeffler is that she reminds people of Ann Coulter. Meanwhile Raphael Warnock wants to tax Georgians into oblivion to pay for his socialist agenda," wrote Maryland resident Suzzana Boyd.
"Yeah, I'll take having long blond hair over being a Stalin sympathizer any day."
In a statement after the debate at the Atlanta Press Club Jerid Kurtz, the Campaign Manager for Warnock, said: "Reverend Warnock won tonight's debate by focusing on the issues impacting the lives of Georgians while Senator Loeffler time and time and time again refused to acknowledge the results of the presidential election.
"It's just the latest example of Loeffler looking out for herself and her political interests before the people of Georgia."
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