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Georgia Gov. Kemp continues to spew anti-Trump rhetoric
[NBC] LEXINGTON, Va. — Georgia’s GOP Gov. Brian Kemp, once seen as a potential 2024 presidential rival to former President Donald Trump, on Saturday offered some of his sharpest rhetoric yet against the Republican front-runner."This election should be about results, not personalities ... because if this general election becomes a debate about who can outlast the other 80 year-old politician, the American people will lose," Kemp said in a speech to students at Washington and Lee University’s Mock Convention in Lexington, Virginia. Kemp didn’t explicitly name Trump in his speech before the convention — which every four years seeks to emulate a real presidential nominating convention for the party currently out of the White House — but he spoke about the need for Republicans to offer a positive vision to voters rather than simply running against President Joe Biden’s record. "Our message to voters must be about what we’re going to do for the country if they give us the keys back to the White House," he told students. Without delving into specifics, the Georgia governor also railed against the "fringe elements" of political parties. "We have leaders unwilling to stand up to the fringe elements of their own parties or because they’re scared of getting called out on prime-time Fox News or MSNBC. Well, I’ll tell you, I’ve been there, folks, and I’ve lived to tell the tale. Because at the end of the day, this election is not about any one person, politician or political issue," he said. Kemp also urged members of his party to abandon their focus on the 2020 election, which Trump still falsely claims was stolen from him despite election officials saying votes were secure. Related: Brian Kemp: 2024-02-01 Gold Star parents of soldier killed in drone strike required to fill out ‘paperwork' to get a condolences call from Slow Joe Biden Brian Kemp: 2024-01-19 Ga. Gov, Kemp pitches Georgia at World Economic Forum Brian Kemp: 2023-12-06 17 governors call on Biden, Yellen, congressional leaders to prevent foreign adversaries from buying US land Posted by: Besoeker 2024-02-12 |
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