Trump also boosted Republican former football star Herschel Walker in the GOP's push to unseat Democratic Sen. “Most importantly,” Trump said of Kemp, "he can't win because the MAGA base - which is enormous - will never vote for him." The former president called Kemp “a very weak governor” in a statement endorsing Perdue on Monday night, citing nothing specific in his opposition to the sitting governor save his position on “election integrity.” Trump's chief problem with Kemp has little to do with substantive policy he's working to oust the governor simply because he refused to support Trump's fight to overturn the 2020 election. Biden narrowly defeated Trump here last fall and, after Trump falsely claimed widespread election fraud, Democrats seized victory in two Senate runoff elections in January that gave them control of the Senate.Įver since, the former president has battered the state officials who certified the election results - Kemp chief among them - with an fierce torrent of political attacks. Look no further for a cautionary tale than Georgia, an evolving swing state where demographic shifts of recent years have given Democrats a path to power.
Trump's interest in a third presidential bid in 2024 ensures he will be the face of the Republican Party for the foreseeable future. With President Joe Biden's approval numbers sagging, political headwinds from Washington suggest that Republicans could make major political gains in 2022 - if the GOP can get out of its own way. Tension between Trump and what's left of the Republican establishment is defining primaries for Senate and governor across dozens of states - including Arizona, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania - months before the first ballots are cast next spring and summer.
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