Trump’s 'political suicide' makes winning Georgia nearly 'impossible': analysis
By ROB3RT August 11, 2024 12:51 pm Category: Politics (0.0 from 0 votes)
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First an AARP poll conducted the last week of July shows Georgia a tossup, with Trump and Harris tied 48-48 in a must-win state for Republicans. The Cook Political Report responded by moving George from "Lean Republican" to "Tossup."
And then Trump melted down and bashed the popular Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp. The Atlanta Journal Constitution ran a column titled, "How to lose a state in 10 days."
Donald Trump is self-destructive. Let's hope he doesn't do the same thing to America that he's doing to his campaign.
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Trump’s 'political suicide' makes winning Georgia nearly 'impossible': analysis Written by Maya Boddie
August 11, 2024
After Donald Trump's rally at a Georgia State University arena earlier this month, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's (AJC) Greg Bluestein reported that several Republican activists and strategists were unhappy with the former president's attacks on Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, predicting that they could even tank his campaign.
"A lot of Republicans like me might just decide not to vote at all in the presidential election because of stupid antics like tonight," former Georgia lawmaker Allen Peake told the AJC. "Trump may have just lost Georgia."
A week later, the MAGA hopeful has campaigned little to none, and given a rambling, hourlong press conference that led political experts to question his mental acuity. Furthermore, Wall Street Journal reporter Cameron McWhirter reports that Georgia GOP leaders and strategists remain unmoved and unconvinced that Trump can win the state in November.
"Georgia Republicans, Georgia independents, and swing voters don’t want divisiveness," GOP consultant Stephen Lawson told the WSJ. "They don’t want a relitigation of 2020."
Lawson, who worked on ex-US Senator Kelly Loeffler's (R-GA) failed 2020 campaign, added: “We know exactly how this story ends. If he’s not running on the issues, he’s going to lose."
More at: https://www.alternet.org/trump-georgia-republican-leaders/
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