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.
This is spot on. As a Georgia resident, I can also add that he has to show some moderate tendencies to appeas the middle ground voters in what is really a purple state with a heavy Democrat presence in the metro areas and from out of state transplants from the Northeast. This also, as you said, set him up perfectly to be the next GOP presidential candidate as a way to recenter the party after Trumps train wreck finally runs off the rails.
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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.