{"id":1401284,"date":"2022-03-25T23:59:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T03:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401284"},"modified":"2022-03-25T23:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T03:59:58","slug":"donald-trump-to-headline-rally-in-georgia-with-7-endorsed-primary-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-to-headline-rally-in-georgia-with-7-endorsed-primary-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump to Headline Rally in Georgia with 7 Endorsed Primary Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-to-headline-rally-in-georgia-with-7-endorsed-primary-candidates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401284&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former President Donald Trump is heading to the Peach State Saturday to campaign at a rally for the seven candidates he has endorsed in Republican primary races ahead of the state\u2019s May 24 election.<\/p>\n<p>The rally will take place at Banks County Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, which is situated in a solid red county in northeast Georgia that Trump won by nearly 60 points in 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Former Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), who is hoping to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp (R), will speak at the event, as will Senate candidate Herschel Walker, former state Rep. Vernon Jones, and several other guests.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp has become one of Trump\u2019s most sought-after targets since the 2020 election, which Trump narrowly lost \u2014 \u201cby a whisker,\u201d as Trump says \u2014 after two recounts in the closest race of any state in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who endorsed Perdue in December almost immediately after Perdue launched his campaign, has repeatedly charged that the 2020 election in Georgia was \u201cstolen\u201d and \u201crigged\u201d and has taken aim at Kemp for leading a state in which he believes an unfair and fraud-ridden voting process played out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The former president is now betting heavily on Perdue, persistently putting out public statements in support of his candidacy and throwing his weight behind other Georgia candidates who align with his mission to overthrow Kemp and Kemp allies.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s son Donald Trump Jr.\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/08\/trump-jr-rallies-georgia-david-perdue-we-need-candidates-who-actually-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeared<\/a>\u00a0on the campaign trail on behalf of Perdue at the beginning of the month, and the former president\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/17\/trump-fundraises-for-david-perdue-rips-georgia-gov-kemp-as-horrible-rino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held<\/a>\u00a0a high-dollar fundraiser for Perdue at Mar-a-Lago last week, from which Perdue\u2019s campaign said it expected to raise more than half a million dollars.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20249162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/2d90f9ef-f7b4-c3bd-133e-04f306ae5f12.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump and former Sen. David Perdue, Palm Beach, Florida, March 16, 2022. (Perdue campaign)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a lengthy statement following the fundraiser, Trump released a bulleted list of his grievances with Kemp, all relating to the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA vote for RINO Brian Kemp in this primary is a vote for Governor Stacey Abrams. A vote for David Perdue is a vote to save Georgia from the Radical Left!\u201d Trump stated, referencing the Democrat voting rights activist Abrams, who just barely\u00a0lost to Kemp in Georgia\u2019s 2018 gubernatorial contest and is now running again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19015042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1230441568.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19015042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1230441568.jpg\" alt=\"ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 05: Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp speaks during a run-off election night party at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead on January 5, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Voters in Georgia headed to the polls today for the two Senate run-off elections, pitting incumbents Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) against Democratic candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, which will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. (Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a runoff election night party in Buckhead on January 5, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Perdue, who has so far been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/16\/georgia-polls-brian-kemp-takes-double-digit-lead-over-david-perdue-in-governors-primary-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trailing<\/a>\u00a0Kemp in primary polls, has united with Trump in his stance about 2020 and made Trump\u2019s backing a prominent feature of his campaign as he seeks to energize Trump\u2019s base to turn out for the primary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Walker, a former University of Georgia football star and Heisman Trophy winner, appears easily positioned in polls to win his Senate primary race. Walker is also endorsed by Trump and is gearing up for a competitive and expensive general election battle with incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA).<\/p>\n<p>As for Jones, the avid Trump supporter who officially converted from Democrat to Republican in 2021 initially planned to run in the gubernatorial primary against Perdue and Kemp. Trump was successful, however, in convincing Jones to drop out of that race and instead jump into a congressional race, a move that was expected to consolidate support behind Perdue. Jones\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/07\/vernon-jones-drops-georgia-governors-race-endorses-david-perdue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exited<\/a>\u00a0the gubernatorial contest in early February, just after Fox News\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/after-meeting-with-trump-georgias-vernon-jones-likely-to-exit-gop-gubernatorial-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that Jones had met with Trump and that Trump had offered him his endorsement if Jones instead ran for Congress.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_16287134\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP_20307023287883.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16287134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP_20307023287883.jpg\" alt=\"State Rep. Vernon Jones walks through the crowd before President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, at Richard B. Russell Airport in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Rep. Vernon Jones walks through the crowd before President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally, November 1, 2020, in Rome, Georgia. (AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two of Trump\u2019s more recent and lesser-known endorsees followed similar patterns timing-wise.<\/p>\n<p>In the span of a week, Patrick Witt dropped out of the Tenth Congressional District race to instead run for Insurance Commissioner, placed his\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VernonForGA\/status\/1501253338905649154?s=20&#038;t=VQjsn_02elITOOkPmLQlGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support<\/a>\u00a0in the district\u2019s packed primary race behind Jones \u2014 who had chosen to run in that district instead of running for governor, and then received an endorsement from Trump three days later.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you, Mr. President! I\u2019m grateful to earn your endorsement and support. Georgians deserve to have an Insurance Commissioner who will fight for them and their families like they were his own. I\u2019m ready to get to work! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gapol?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gapol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9nEF6YgzJb\">https:\/\/t.co\/9nEF6YgzJb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Witt \u2013 Endorsed by Trump \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@patrickjwitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickjwitt\/status\/1502442423305265152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>A lawyer named John Gordon\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/vxkkf6-john-gordon-for-attorney-general-protect-what-matters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a>\u00a0on March 16 a late challenge to Attorney General Chris Carr, who is a supporter of Kemp. In his announcement, Gordon zoned in on 2020, saying, \u201cGeorgia\u2019s last election was rife with fraud, fraud that cost President Trump his victory.\u201d A week later, Trump announced his endorsement of Gordon and bashed Carr for \u201cdoing absolutely nothing to stop the 2020 Presidential Election Fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW!<\/p>\n<p>President Donald J. Trump announces his endorsement of John Gordon for Attorney General of Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/54Qa5kARy4\">pic.twitter.com\/54Qa5kARy4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realLizUSA\/status\/1506432360518238209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Witt and Gordon are also scheduled to speak at Trump\u2019s rally on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Perdue, Walker, Jones, Witt, and Gordon, Trump-backed state Rep. Burt Jones, who is competing against Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller for lieutenant governor, will also speak, as will Trump-backed Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA).<\/p>\n<p>Hice is challenging Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who drew perhaps the most ire of any Georgia official after 2020 over concerns of election fraud and mismanagement. Raffensperger served as chair of the five-member State Elections Board when the board changed various voting procedures in 2020 because of coronavirus surging and legal pressure from Democrats.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20384111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1235507426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20384111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1235507426.jpg\" alt=\"PERRY, GA - SEPTEMBER 25: Georgia Secretary of State candidate Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) speaks to the crowd during a rally as former US President Donald Trump watches on September 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia. Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker and Georgia Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate State Sen. Burt Jones (R-GA) also appeared as guests at the rally. (Photo by Sean Rayford\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Georgia Secretary of State candidate Rep. Jody Hice speaks during a rally as former President Donald Trump watches on September 25, 2021, in Perry, Georgia. (Sean Rayford\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Along with Trump\u2019s seven endorsed candidates, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Andrew Clyde (R-GA) are also slated to speak at the rally, as well as former Trump U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Tom Homan and conservative commentator Todd Starnes.<\/p>\n<p>The rally is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m., and Trump is expected to deliver remarks at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp, who is wrapping up this year\u2019s legislative session, which concludes March 31, is planning to spend Saturday morning speaking at a breakfast for the Columbia County Republican Party.\u00a0 Hice will also be present at that event.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump is heading to the Peach State Saturday to campaign at a rally for the seven candidates he has endorsed in Republican primary races ahead of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}