--- title: All Eyes on Georgia description: The political world is watching the Georgia 6th congressional district, as a special election is being held to fill the seat of Tom Price. canonical: https://time.com/4744150/all-eyes-on-georgia/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-18T17:46:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:46:24.665Z article:section: Politics og:title: All Eyes on Georgia og:description: The political world is watching the Georgia 6th congressional district, as a special election is being held to fill the seat of Tom Price. og:url: https://time.com/4744150/all-eyes-on-georgia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: All Eyes on Georgia twitter:description: The political world is watching the Georgia 6th congressional district, as a special election is being held to fill the seat of Tom Price. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # All Eyes on Georgia > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump reversed course on several policy matters this week, from the status of the Federal Reserve Chairwoman to whether he believes China is a currency manipulator._ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Apr 18, 2017 5:46 PM UTC by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Apr 18, 2017 5:46 PM UTC The eyes of the political world are on the Georgia 6th congressional district, where a special election is being held to fill the House seat vacated by now-HHS Secretary Tom Price. Democrat Jon Ossoff is facing off against a field of more than 10 Republicans, including the GOP poll leader Karen Handel, in a race that has taken on national significance for both parties. The election is a jungle primary, meaning that unless one of the finishes with greater than 50 percent of the vote, the top two finishers will face each other in a run-off. Democrats see the race as evidence of a new generation of political leaders, activists and donors emerging after Hillary Clinton’s defeat last year. They hope a win in what is usually a heavily GOP-leaning district will amount to a poke in the eye for President Trump and have poured millions of dollars and tens of thousands of volunteer hours into the race. For Republicans, it’s the latest forum for the party’s ongoing civil war, with divided factions threatening to cost them a seat they should win. For Trump himself, he’s trying to avoid it becoming a black mark on his first 100 days. In a tweet late Monday he sought to lower expectations. “With eleven Republican candidates running in Georgia (on Tuesday) for Congress, a runoff will be a win. Vote ‘R’ for lower taxes & safety,” he tweeted. Polls show Ossoff pushing close to the 50 percent threshold, but both parties are expecting a deeply-contested run-off if it comes to that. Trump aides are huddling Tuesday to determine the future of the U.S. participation in the Paris climate accord, with the dueling factions in the White House seeking to sway the president to their side of the issue. Meanwhile, the president is traveling to Wisconsin to sign an executive order calling for a review of federal visa and “Buy American” policies, as he looks to fulfill his campaign’s populist provisions. But Trump is falling short of his pledge to end the H-1B program, which is popular with big business. Trump calls to congratulate Turkey’s Erdogan as international groups warn of possible malpractice. Ivanka’s business prospers. And Chelsea Clinton defends the Trump kids. _Here are your must reads:_ **Must Reads** [In or Out? 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He Barely Mentions Donald Trump ](http://time.com/4743372/jon-ossoff-polls-georgia-special-election/)Jon Ossoff’s campaign is in the spotlight \[TIME\] [Donald Trump’s Presidency Slows His Business’s Growth ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trumps-presidency-slows-his-businesss-growth-1492469421)Amid concerns over conflicts, son Eric Trump says company is forgoing some deals \[Wall Street Journal\] **Sound Off** “Now, what am I going to do? Start a trade war with China in the middle of him working on a bigger problem, frankly, with North Korea?…I haven’t changed my stance. China’s trying to help us. I don’t know if they’re going to be able to or not.” — President Trump to Fox & Friends when pressed on why he isn’t fulfilling his campaign pledge to label China a currency manipulator “We’re following basically the same thing that members of Congress follow. You go in and you meet with a member of Congress right now, that there’s an option for people to go in and express their opinion. If they want to make it public, who’s meeting with them — and in a lot of cases we do, we bring in you guys to probably a greater extent than has happened before in terms of the pool spray. We list participant lists. But I think there’s an opportunity sometimes for American people who want to come in and have a conversation and not become — and be able to share their view.” — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defending the Administration’s decision not to release White House visitor logs **Bits and Bites** [President Trump to Order Review of Visa Programs, ‘Buy American’ Provisions](http://time.com/4743832/trump-buy-american-hire-policy-h1b-visas/) \[TIME\] [President Trump Congratulates Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Referendum Victory](http://time.com/4743779/donald-trump-recep-tayyip-erdogan-referendum-turkey/) \[TIME\] [Chelsea Clinton Stands Up for President Trump’s Kids: Their ‘Protection Should Not Be Politicized’](http://people.com/politics/chelsea-clinton-president-trump-kids-secret-service-protection/?xid=socialflow%5Ffacebook%5Fpeoplemag) \[People\] [Georgia special election: one local penny for every $10 in national cash](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/04/17/20819/georgia-special-election-one-local-penny-every-10-national-cash) \[Center for Public Integrity\] [Benghazi-obsessed Trump MIA on key security post](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/trump-benghazi-diplomats-security-237293) \[Politico\] [Ivanka’s biz prospers as politics mixes with business](https://www.apnews.com/d9e34f23a64947d99e4a7d757012c509/Ivanka%27s-biz-prospers-as-politics-mixes-with-business) \[Associated Press\] [Chris Christie Heads for the Door, Minus the Earlier Throngs](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/nyregion/chris-christie-new-jersey.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news) \[New York Times\] [Vice President Mike Pence: U.S. Will Not Rest Until North Korea Gives Up Nuclear Weapons](http://time.com/4744251/mike-pence-north-korea-nuclear-weapons/) \[Associated Press\] [President Trump Defends Flip on China Currency Manipulation](http://time.com/4744134/president-trump-china-north-korea/) \[TIME\] ## Transcript The last few days have seen a number of policy shifts by the president. What should the American people make of these shifts, and are there any policy areas that are non- negotiable? [ MUSIC ] NATO is obsolete. They really NATO is obsolete? I think it's largely obsolete, yeah. I said it was obsolete. It's no longer obsolete. I'm going to instruct my Treasury Secretary to label China a currency manipulator. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ MUSIC ] Well, it's saying it's zero because she's obviously political and she doing what Obama wants her to do. I think it's very political. I think she's very political and to a certain extent I think she should be ashamed of herself. [ MUSIC ] Now honored to have Donald Trump. Mr. Donald Trump. Mr. Trump, thank you so much for joining us. And Mr. Donald Trump. Hello Mr. Trump, Steven K. Bannon. How are you doing, sir? Hello Steve, how you doing? 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