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Georgia Republicans who despise Gov. Brian Kemp threaten to stay home this November if Trump-backed challenger David Perdue loses Tuesday's primaryBusiness Insider via Yahoo News
The animosity towards Kemp, whom several MAGA Republicans described as a "Judas" and "betrayer" for certifying Joe Biden's win in 2020, is unlikely to affect the outcome of the May 24 primary. But it may hurt Kemp's chances this fall in an anticipated rematch with presumed Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams, the woman he narrowly beat in 2018 with Trump's support.
"I don't want Stacey Abrams. But I don't think I can vote for Brian Kemp," a 27-year-old Gordon County resident who declined to give his name told Insider at a "Bikers for Trump" rally about an hour north of Atlanta.
The local Republican, who accused Kemp of "rolling over and letting the country get crucified" during the last election, said he planned to vote for Perdue on Tuesday because the Trump-endorsed former senator from Georgia had vowed to hold everyone involved in the "rigged and stolen" presidential contest accountable if he gets elected.
Earlier in the day, an 81-year-old Georgian who said he's voted Republican since 1964, couldn't even bring himself to say Kemp's name or that of Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger.
badhair77
(4,220 posts)Lettuce Be
(2,336 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Their hatred of a black female Democrat will easily outweigh their frustration with Kemp.
Wounded Bear
(58,691 posts)Raven123
(4,862 posts)brer cat
(24,591 posts)I do hope they follow through!
Skittles
(153,174 posts)YES PLEASE
riversedge
(70,276 posts)Maeve
(42,287 posts)Sarcasm off
Probably half those saying it didn't vote in years anyway...
relayerbob
(6,551 posts)There will be little ticket splitting, so if she wins, Warnock wins. We all win!
Lovie777
(12,315 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)And I am so good with that!!!!
TomSlick
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|ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)I am okay with that too.
Go Raphael Warnock.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)What a bunch of butthurt losers.
Tickle
(2,534 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Better cut off your noses. Do it for Georgia!
RussBLib
(9,031 posts)I know some Dems are lined up to take her down.
In It to Win It
(8,278 posts)I haven't been following so I can't say who they are and whichever is most likely to beat her, if any.
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Me.
(35,454 posts)Backside
Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)DFW
(54,434 posts)I think we should start a fund to order them pizza for their day in. We would even throw in bottled water, which is more than they are willing to grant Democratic voters waiting in line to vote.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,146 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,721 posts)I hope our side watches this and stops the same "purity" voting, too. Politics aren't supposed to make you happy. They're supposed to make you a free citizen.