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Glad to have you. Those of you on the phones need to be patient because I got to dive into this story. There's actually a story that just dropped at CNN that is deeply relevant to it.

Let me begin with the CNN story.

Here's the headline.

It's by Michael Warren and Gabbyor.

I know Michael Warren, great reporter.

Actually, conservative used to be at the weekly standard, and good guy, glad they hired him at CNN.

He's a really brilliant reporter.

Trump backed Purdue struggles in Republican primary challenge in Georgia.

Listen to this. This is CNN. I'm sure they'll attack him. The liberals at CNN, but listen to

the story. David Purdue kicked off his campaign for governor of Georgia with an emphatic

endorsement from former president Donald Trump.

But since then, his primary challenge to unseat Brian Kemp, the Republican governor Trump loves to hate, has been a big flop.

Purdue, a former U.S. Senator, has so far raised a fraction of what Kemp has in his campaign war chest.

Very few Republican elected officials, operatives, donors, and activists in Georgia have abandoned Kemp in favor of Purdue.

And limited public polling isn't promising either. I think Purdue's on life support and

knows it, says one neutral GOP operative who requested anonymity, the Kemp momentum is palpable.

The Purdue campaign is drawing attention from around the country, in part as a test case on the

GOP's tolerance for Trump's vendettas. The former president remains exceedingly popular within the party,

but his relentless focus on the 2020 election may have put

him a beat behind Republicans who have moved on to other issues. At the same time, Georgia Republicans

are eager to hold the governor's office in a general election against Stacey Abrams, who has only risen

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