High anxiety over Trump in Georgia GOP
Posted on AllSides March 31st, 2021
From The Center
Georgia Republicans are growing anxious that former President Trump’s continued influence within the GOP and the party’s deepening internal divisions could undermine their standing in critical races in 2022.
The GOP is gearing up to try to unseat Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in next year’s midterm elections while also defending the governor’s mansion.
But several GOP strategists and operatives expressed concerns that Trump’s looming intervention in the midterms — especially his pledge to support a primary challenge to Gov. Brian Kemp (R) — could only serve to deepen their losses...