Republicans Are Furious Trump Trashed Brian Kemp And Praised Stacey Abrams In Rally Speech

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Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally and tweet on Republicans being furious with him

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September 27, 2021, 2:26 pm

Georgia Republicans are currently furious with Donald Trump for once again trashing Governor Brian Kemp. This time the former president went so far as to almost praise progressive Democrat and former/possibly future Kemp challenger Stacey Abrams as both parties eye the state gubernatorial election in 2022. The last election was close enough to spur questions about the results, though Abrams eventually conceded, and many expect her to run again.

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Trump’s comments at a rally on his never-ending campaign tour angered GOP officials after many blamed his 2020 comments sowing doubts in U.S. election security for Republicans losing Georgia’s two Senate seats in a special election, which handed Democrats control of the Senate.

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Atlanta reporter Greg Bluestein said after the rally that he was getting texts from “Republican officials” expressing their seething anger toward the former president, accusing him of deepening a growing rift in the party.

“Of course, having [Abrams] I think might be better than having your existing governor,” Trump said. “Might, very well, be better. Stacey, would you like to take his place? It’s okay with me.”

He also reportedly called Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan “terrible”

Former Republican state Representative Allen Peake went to far as to declare his intention to boycott “any Republican candidate that continues to seeks Trump’s favor/blessing/endorsement by bashing Governer @BrianKempGA.”

Bluestein further claimed that a “top Raffensperger official,” referring to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, predicted a Democratic landslide should Trump’s preferred candidate make it through the primaries, and we’re assuming they don’t mean Stacey Abrams.

Trump reportedly continued to push the same election fraud conspiracy theories that he’s been stuck on since he lost. Georgia Republicans continue to fret that the former president is sowing a party split that could leave them unequipped to fight Democrats, even as the opposing party struggles with their own battles between moderates and progressives.

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While he seems yet undecided on a candidate for governor, Trump has endorsed a replacement for Raffensperger, who earned Trump’s ire when he refused a request to “find” enough votes for him to hand him the state of Georgia during the state’s recounts for the 2020 election. He is currently backing U.S. Rep. Jody Hice for this position as she has proven herself willing to parrot Trump’s talking points on this issue.

“[Raffensperger] has opened wide the door for all sorts of irregularities and fraud to march into our election system, and it’s time we take charge of this,” said Hice in her speech for the Trump rally.

Hice is a member of the U.S. religious right, calling the separation of church and state a “false belief” we were all “tricked” into believing in and opposing the law saying that institutions like churches that enjoy tax-exempt status cannot endorse political candidates. Meanwhile, in his 2012 book A Call to Reclaim America, he argued that Islam does not deserve first amendment protections, calling it a “complete geo-political structure” rather than just a religion and completely missing the irony.

Democrats and those farther to the left, meanwhile, are happily chomping on their popcorn while not being very impressed at these angry Republicans freaked out that they’re losing Georgia.

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*First Published: September 27, 2021, 2:26 pm

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