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Donald Trump Causes Chaos in Georgia’s Governor’s Race
“I hope that he won’t run,” said Carter.
After being outraged by how Georgia Governor Brian Kemp reacted to the 2020 election results in his state, the former President might get his desire for a viable primary opponent to Republican Party leader Donald Trump in the coming months.
In the wake of Perdue loyalists floating the idea of running against Kemp in next year’s primary, Republicans in the state have told CNN that they anticipate the former senator to decide shortly about running against Kemp.
The erroneous claim by Trump that the election was stolen, with the close win for Joe Biden in Georgia as a crucial component of the story, is at the heart of the possible dispute.
Although Kemp requested an audit, which revealed no significant change in the aggregate vote total, Trump continues to criticize the governor for not fighting the results aggressively enough and has promised to support a primary opponent in the next primaries.
So yet, no one of consequence has arisen to challenge Kemp and win Trump’s support for their campaign.
A Perdue run for governor has the potential to alter that.
“I would hate to see two good men run against each other,” said Eric Tanenblatt, a…
