Trump gets wish in Georgia, sparks 'a political civil war'

[Zorro]

ATLANTA (AP) — Less than a year after losing the presidency, Donald Trump has set out to reshape the GOP in his image across the nation's top political battlegrounds, sparking bitter primary battles that will force candidates and voters to decide how much to embrace Trump and his grievances.

But nowhere is his quest more consequential than Georgia.

Trump has inspired a slate of loyalists to seek statewide office in the Southern swing state, and as of Monday, that group included former Republican Sen. David Perdue, who formally launched a challenge against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. The move marked a rare, serious primary threat to a sitting governor, bucking the wishes of GOP leaders in Washington and ensuring months of Republican infighting in a state where the party is trying to restore its dominance.

“It is going to be a political civil war here in Georgia,” current Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a Republican and frequent Trump critic who is not running for reelection, told The Associated Press. “It’s all avoidable if we just act like adults and move on. But that’s not reality at this point.”

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-backed-perdue-challenges-georgia-144804205.html

[Wounded Bear]

1. Expecting someone attached to trump to "act like an adult" is a bit of a stretch...

dontcha think? I sure hope Stacy and the Dems can exploit this.

[CrispyQ]

2. No way repubs can act like adults when their party leader is the biggest baby of them all.

I hope this totally sinks the GOP in GA.

I hope McConnell's last words are, "I should have impeached the motherfucker."

[brush]

3. Stay out of it, Dems. Let them go at each other's throats.

We'll benefit from their fighting/alienation in the general election.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. None of my business

Of course the media will both sides it by doing a story about the Democratic Party in disarray when it's the Fascists vs. Uber Fascists fighting each other.

[Mad_Machine76]

5. I think that that HAS to be the intent

They cover up the GOP infighting by just covering any Democratic dissension.

[uponit7771]

6. +1

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Honestly have my doubts about how much of any of this Trump is actually doing himself

The dude's a straight-up freaking moron.

OTOH, people like Bannon, Thiel, the Mercers, the remaining Koch brother ... much less so (though they're evil, they are bright people).

[Scrivener7]

8. Stacy's going to win this, isn't she?

[ms liberty]

11. My first thought too - lol.

I will be watching this closely from NC...My father's family is from Georgia.

[Xolodno]

9. When your enemy is in the process of destroying himself...

...get out of the way.

[tanyev]

10. May he celebrate his triumph with the smoking ruins of the Republican party.

[question everything]

12. I suppose that it does not matter to Perdue that he lost his senate seat thanks to Whinny Donny

who told voters to stay home..