Donald Trump has stoked the flames of his ongoing feud with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, despite predictions that it could cost him votes in the key battleground state.
During a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on August 8, Trump was asked if he thought he’d be able to repair the pair’s relationship.
“I don’t know if I can or not. I got him elected. Without me he wouldn’t be governor. I got him elected, he was doing terribly,” he said. “When you get someone elected, they’re supposed to like you.”
He then continued saying that Georgia is a big state to win, claiming he is “leading in Georgia by a lot.”
According to FiveThirtyEight, which analyzes political polls, Trump was leading in Georgia by 0.5 percent as of August 8. In the 2020 election, Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by 0.24 percent.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp walks through the CNN Spin Room ahead of a CNN Presidential Debate on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Donald Trump claimed that because he helped Kemp get elected as a…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp walks through the CNN Spin Room ahead of a CNN Presidential Debate on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Donald Trump claimed that because he helped Kemp get elected as a Governor of Georgia, He should like him.
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Trump endorsed Kemp during his run for governor in 2018, but the relationship is believed to have soured after the 2020 presidential election, when Trump questioned the results in Georgia, which voted for Biden.
During Trump’s rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 3, the GOP candidate turned away from the script and pivoted to attacking the Governor, calling him “Little Brian” and “disloyal,” according to the Washington Post.
On the same day, Trump attacked Kemp in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, again claiming credit for his election.
Kemp hit back on X, formerly Twitter, “My focus is on winning this November and saving our country from Kamala Harris and the Democrats – not engaging in petty personal insults,” he wrote. “You should do the same, Mr. President, and leave my family out of it.”
Newsweek has contacted Kemp via his press office.
Trump is trailing behind his opponent Kamala Harris in all major polling averages, Newsweek previously reported, although by 1 percent or less in several averages.
Harris is leading in other swing states aside from Georgia. An Ipsos poll conducted between July 31 and August 7 found that she was also ahead Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, although her overall lead is within the survey’s margin of error of 3.1 points.
Harris has consistently gained momentum among both Democrats and voters at large, raising $200,000 in the last week of July after becoming the presumptive nominee when Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her candidacy.
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