As the recent indictment of Donald Trump and other legal troubles raise the stakes for the investigation, CNN’s Jake Tapper presses Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp if the former president is “disqualified” at this point.
“Do you think Donald Trump is inept on a nationwide scale?” tapper Asked Kemp on Sunday “State of the Union.” “Would it be a mistake for the Republican people – the voters of the Republican Party – to nominate him?”
“Well, that’s for the people to decide. But my point is exactly what you said — we can’t get distracted,” Kemp recalled her own experience against Stacey Abrams, the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in 2022. While doing what Kemp was defeated in a rematch, he learned not to take his eyes off the prize, given the “very tough environment”.
“You have to tell the voters of your state why they need to vote for you,” Kemp continued. “If we get distracted and talk about other things that Democrats want to talk about, like these investigations, no matter what you think about the politics of those people, if we get distracted everyday And let the media only talk about that, which only helps Joe Biden. It doesn’t give us Republicans a way to win.
Tapper redirected the conversation to address Kemp’s Saturday remarks, which, without explicitly naming Trump, suggested the Republican Party should move on from Trump, and expressed regret that the GOP “is in swing districts and states.” Lost winnable races that will be critical to our success,” referring to Georgia State.
But Tapper was more insistent about Trump’s optionality. “Do you think Donald Trump is incapable of winning Georgia now?” He asked if voters understood Kemp’s position as a “bulwark” against Trump.
Kemp said, “Well, that’s really my point from yesterday’s remarks, is the path to the White House is coming through Georgia and two or three other states that really, in my opinion, decide the presidential race.” going to do.”
“I was just laying out the blueprint for, I think any candidate to be able to win is talking about what we’re doing, focus on the future, don’t look in the rearview mirror. “
