.GovKemp has decided to skip this year's state Republican convention, underscoring a deepening rift between the rising political star and a party that continues to embrace Donald Trump and his debunked 2020 election claims.
Instead of speaking to party delegates at a June meeting in Columbus, Georgia, Kemp will"continue to build his own organization to energize conservative voters and elect GOP officials," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.Senior Kemp adviser Cody Hall said the governor's focus will be on"making sure we can replicate our successes last November and win at the ballot box in 2024 and 2026.
Taylor, who lost her primary challenge to Kemp, has peddled conspiracy theories that Republican leaders were closet communists and that Democrats were secret pedophiles. Despite these comments, she was elected Saturday as the GOP chairwoman for the 1st Congressional District, a position that gives her a platform within the party's infrastructure. Taylor is just one of many hard-line Republicans who now hold leadership roles in the party, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
The state party did little to tamp down Trump's anger at Kemp or Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Trump called Kemp a RINO, a Republican In Name Only, and pledged to campaign against him in 2022. He made speeches and campaign stops where he claimed Kemp"caved to the radical left-wing woke mob" and said he was"ashamed" he endorsed Kemp in 2018. Party Chairman David Shafer openly sided with Trump-backed primary challengers over Republican incumbents.
Since being reelected, Kemp's approval rating has only gone up, according to Morning Consult, which puts the governor's rating at 60%, up from 47% in January 2021, Kemp's first month in office.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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