President Trump said during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that he’s “ashamed” to have endorsed Brian Kemp in his 2018 race for governor of Georgia:
"The governor's done nothing. He's done absolutely nothing. I'm ashamed that I endorsed him," President Trump says about Georgia's Brian Kemp.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 29, 2020
Kemp, who was the former Georgia Secretary of State, is also a target of Dem Stacey Abrams. Unity?
Trump ? Stacey Abrams
Slamming Brian Kemp over his conduct in office during a high-stakes election https://t.co/9T9KtMXrG3
— Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) November 29, 2020
There is some history behind Sunday’s attack, however:
The criticism marks the nadir of a relationship between Kemp and Trump that has steadily deteriorated since the governor tapped Kelly Loeffler to an open U.S. Senate seat over the president’s favored pick of Doug Collins. #gapol #gasen https://t.co/gBQGt1IBLZ
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) November 29, 2020
Watch:
Pres. Trump on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp:
“I’m ashamed that I endorsed him.”pic.twitter.com/ZwkOQ7jGtK
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) November 29, 2020
Down ticket, Senator Loefller directed her anger at the current Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger:
Asked of @GovKemp & SoS role in election, @SenatorLoeffler says: “The buck stops with the Secretary of State. He is supposed to run a trusted, free, fair, transparent election. David Perdue and I have called for him to step down because Georgians have lost faith in our elections” pic.twitter.com/s5UU4s46AY
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) November 29, 2020
Attorney Lin Wood is not letting up:
Well known Atlanta attorney Lin Wood who is currently appealing his failed federal case against Georgia’s Secretary of State has tweeted that Gov. Brian Kemp should be in prison instead of the governor’s mansion. All three men are conservative Republicans and Trump supporters. pic.twitter.com/59kxBGCP5A
— Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) November 28, 2020
And he tweeted that Kemp and Raffensperger only have themselves to blame if Loeffler and Perdue lose the runoff election:
GA & National GOP leaders better not blame GA Patriots for the disaster that is about to befall fraudulent runoff election for @KLoeffler & @sendavidperdue. They have only themselves, @BrianKempGA & @GaSecofState to blame.
They ALL need to be Gone With The Wind.
Clean up GA!
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) November 30, 2020
Also in Georgia, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel had a rough go of it when she tried to move on from the voter fraud conspiracy theories during a meeting with state Republicans:
It’s almost like lying to your supporters has consequences. pic.twitter.com/0BbHO6e13L
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) November 28, 2020
And John Hawkins, who now writes for Bongino.com, thinks this could cost the GOP the Senate:
There is a non-zero chance that Trump moronically blaming Republicans in Georgia because he lost the state will cost the GOP both runoffs and give the the Democrats the Senate.
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) November 29, 2020
What a mess.
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