According to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Governor Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) is preparing a “political organization” in Georgia to support former President Donald Trump.
Graham is from Fox News. Hannity Kemp said Thursday night that he attended a fundraiser in Atlanta on Wednesday and vowed to support Trump in the Peach State against Vice President Kamala Harris.
How much do you want a Republican to win in November?
I just said “Go Dawgs” on live TV!
We’re going to beat Georgia! pic.twitter.com/3ZWna09lyt
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) August 9, 2024
“when [Kemp] Graham recalled that the first words he spoke were, he looked at everyone in the room and said, “I want Donald Trump to win Georgia. I’m going to do everything in my power for Donald Trump. I’m going to dedicate my political organization to him.”
“I’m running a great ground campaign, I’m putting money into it, and I’m going to win in Georgia for Trump because Harris is the disaster for Georgia,” Kemp added, according to Graham.
At a fundraiser for the Republican National Senatorial Committee on Wednesday at the home of former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), Graham said the RNC raised $1 million.
“I’ve never felt better about Georgia,” Graham told host Sean Hannity.
Trump, 2016 Carried Georgia went to Hillary Clinton, who lost twice to the White House in the presidential election, by 5.1 percentage points, but Trump narrowly won it in 2020. Lost Biden’s approval rating was less than 0.25%.
The 2022 midterm elections saw a very close race between Senator Raphael Warnock and Heisman Trophy-winning football player Herschel Walker. went Neither Warnock nor Walker passed the 50 percent threshold, receiving 49.44 percent and 48.49 percent, respectively, sending the vote to a runoff, which Warnock ultimately won.
But Kemp won the 2022 gubernatorial election by a landslide, receiving 53.4% of the vote to Democrat Stacey Abrams’ 45.9%.
As of Friday afternoon, the FveThirtyEight polling average showed Trump leading Harris by a narrow margin. Already registered His approval rating was 45.8 percent and his seat was 45.2 percent.
