Kemp says he can’t rely on RNC ‘to get the vote out’

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) said Tuesday he cannot rely on the Republican National Committee (RNC) to increase turnout in the state’s elections.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins talks to Kemp on “The Source” about the Republican Party’s prospects in the November election, as former President Trump endorses his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as RNC co-chair. I asked him what he thought. Kemp said he was concerned about the National Party’s ability to increase turnout and help Republican candidates respond.

“I have had concerns about the RNC and its ability to conduct early voting and raise sufficient funds to support candidates locally and in Georgia,” Kemp said. “You know, we’ve had to do a lot of that ourselves. And I’m not trying to pick on anyone from the State Party or the National Party, but it’s just, you know, It’s just the fact that we couldn’t rely on them to get votes.”

“And I think that’s a concern, you know, with any campaign, whether it’s Nikki Haley or Donald Trump or anybody else. Good Ground. “When you have to play the game, you have to raise a lot of money to get out the vote. You don’t have to wait until Election Day to do that,” he added.

Kemp previously called on Republicans to “not look in the rearview mirror” in the 2024 election. He previously urged President Trump to abandon his false claims that the election was stolen from him, warning that the former president could lose Georgia if he continues to make those claims.

“If he keeps doing that, we’re going to lose Georgia in November,” Kemp said in an interview with Collins last year.

“If we can’t win Georgia, there’s no way we can win the White House,” he later added.

Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger resisted pressure from President Trump to change Georgia’s election results in 2020. The former president endorsed Kemp’s primary candidate in 2022, two years after the governor rejected Trump’s request to overturn the 2020 election results, but Kemp won the primary and reelection. .

The Hill has reached out to the RNC for comment.