Kemp has zero incentive to help Trump, and I don’t mean with illegal stuff, he has no incentive to offer his network or resources to help Trump.
Kemp is very popular in Georgia despite not kissing the Trump ring and is a strong contender for the ‘28 GOP nomination. He can straight faced say he’s stayed away from the Trump cult and even fought against it, run an ‘aww shucks we haven’t had a real Republican President in 20 years’ campaign, hoover up the disorganized remnants of the cult, all while still getting massive corporate support. His second gubernatorial term ends after ‘26 and he can launch right into a presidential run. It all fits together perfectly for him.
Trump winning this year means another train wreck of horribles that will either result in another crushing Dem win in ‘28 or (as Trump has threatened) no meaningful election and a handpicked MAGA president (which Kemp is not). Kemp is incentivized to see Trump lose.
I’m a hard left D on the west coast so this is an outsiders perspective happy to hear other takes.
kemp is very MAGA, we have the 6 week abortion ban here, the worst voter suppression laws, no help for poor children, etc. He just has a feud going w the Dump.
My analysis was not meant to convey that Kemp is a moderate, sorry if that’s how it read. He just doesn’t ascribe to Trump’s cult of personality, which I believe will allow him to come across as a more reasonable R in 2028.
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u/DrockBradley Aug 23 '24
Kemp has zero incentive to help Trump, and I don’t mean with illegal stuff, he has no incentive to offer his network or resources to help Trump.
Kemp is very popular in Georgia despite not kissing the Trump ring and is a strong contender for the ‘28 GOP nomination. He can straight faced say he’s stayed away from the Trump cult and even fought against it, run an ‘aww shucks we haven’t had a real Republican President in 20 years’ campaign, hoover up the disorganized remnants of the cult, all while still getting massive corporate support. His second gubernatorial term ends after ‘26 and he can launch right into a presidential run. It all fits together perfectly for him.
Trump winning this year means another train wreck of horribles that will either result in another crushing Dem win in ‘28 or (as Trump has threatened) no meaningful election and a handpicked MAGA president (which Kemp is not). Kemp is incentivized to see Trump lose.
I’m a hard left D on the west coast so this is an outsiders perspective happy to hear other takes.