{"id":1436542,"date":"2022-04-13T22:30:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436542"},"modified":"2022-04-13T22:30:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:30:37","slug":"trumps-first-major-midterm-donation-aims-to-unseat-brian-kemp-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-first-major-midterm-donation-aims-to-unseat-brian-kemp-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s First Major Midterm Donation Aims to Unseat Brian Kemp in Georgia"},"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%2Ftrumps-first-major-midterm-donation-aims-to-unseat-brian-kemp-in-georgia%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=1436542&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\u2019s political action committee recently poured half a million dollars into Georgia\u2019s Republican gubernatorial primary race in an effort to unseat incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Save America PAC donated the $500,000 to an anti-Kemp group called Get Georgia Right,\u00a0<em>Politico<\/em>\u00a0first\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/13\/trump-georgia-governor-race-00024987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/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>Federal election data shows the payment was made March 25, marking the first major financial contribution Trump has made to a campaign this election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who was quick to endorse former Sen. David Perdue in the gubernatorial race when he launched his campaign in December, has been highly vocal about his grievances with Kemp over Georgia\u2019s 2020 election process.<\/p>\n<p>Both the president and his son Donald Trump Jr. have rallied in the Peach State on behalf of Perdue, and Trump\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>\u00a0an expensive fundraiser in Mar-a-Lago in March to boost Perdue, whom Kemp has significantly outraised in the race, according to their most recent financial reports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20249170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/35763e9a-7f83-b64c-c630-4cbd5555de2e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20249170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/35763e9a-7f83-b64c-c630-4cbd5555de2e-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Perdue-Trump\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Sen. David Perdue and former President Donald Trump at a Trump-hosted fundraiser on behalf of Perdue in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, March 16, 2022. (Perdue campaign)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump has also taken a heavy hand in\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/25\/donald-trump-to-headline-rally-in-georgia-with-7-endorsed-primary-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsing<\/a>\u00a0six other primary candidates in Georgia ahead of the May 24 election, most of whom align with his vendetta against Kemp and Kemp allies.<\/p>\n<p>One endorsee, state Rep. Vernon Jones, is a fervently pro-Trump Democrat-turned-Republican who had initially been running for governor but dropped out at the urging of Trump and jumped into the Tenth Congressional District race instead. Trump had sought to consolidate Jones\u2019s supporters with Perdue\u2019s by offering Jones an endorsement in exchange for his exit from the gubernatorial race.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump\u2019s efforts, Kemp has so far remained a frontrunner in the race, with a recent polling memo from the firm Cygnal\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/13\/georgia-poll-brian-kemp-has-wide-lead-over-david-perdue-in-governors-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealing<\/a>\u00a0Kemp\u2019s widest lead yet, of 16 points, over Perdue.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of Georgia, another \u201ctop priority\u201d target of Trump\u2019s whom the former president is expected to direct big dollars toward unseating is Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY),\u00a0<em>Politico<\/em>\u00a0noted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Cheney has served as the face of the ten Republicans who defected from the party to vote to impeach Trump last year over the U.S. Capitol riot. The Wyoming Republican has attracted enormous disapproval from most of her fellow Republicans in Congress as she has relentlessly attacked Trump for the riot and for his rhetoric about the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>As for Get Georgia Right\u2019s plans to spend its newfound cash to defeat Kemp,\u00a0<em>Politico<\/em>\u00a0reported the group has been running television ads since receiving the donation that warn Kemp is unable to beat Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in a general election, charging that Kemp \u201cdismissed\u201d concerns about voter fraud in 2020 and that if he is unable \u201cto beat voter fraud\u201d then he is unable to beat Abrams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">A spokesperson for Get Georgia Right suggested to\u00a0<em>Politico<\/em>\u00a0that Trump\u2019s goal is to ensure \u201cthe truth emerges\u201d about the 2020 election in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump has demonstrated a strong interest in making sure the truth emerges about what happened in Georgia,\u201d spokeswoman Jessica Freese said. \u201cHe has also stated that the best way to solve this problem is electing people who acknowledge it and are committed to improving election integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\"><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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s political action committee recently poured half a million dollars into Georgia\u2019s Republican gubernatorial primary race in an effort to unseat incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp. 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