Trump's Georgia Test (w/ Greg Bluestein)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This past Saturday night during a political rally in Atlanta, GA railed against Brian Kemp. This is the latest example of his enduring grudge against the state's Republican Governor for the cardinal sin of failing to back his bogus claims that it was he, not Joe Biden, who won Georgia's electoral votes in the 2020 election. Trump's resentment of Kemp has prompted him to endorse the GOP challenger to the Governor, former Senator David Purdue which is shaping up to be a make or break primary that can well determine just how much sway the former President has over the Republican voters. If Perdue pulls out a primary win Trump will undoubtedly be viewed as the ultimate GOP kingmaker clearing the way for him to retake the Republican nomination for President in 2024. But if Kemp prevails, and at the moment he has a solid lead in the polls, it could well be a sign that Trump support is fading far more than Washington pundits have acknowledged. Which will it be? We talk to Greg Bluestein, the lead political reporter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the author of the new book Flipped: How Georgia turned purple and broke the monopoly on Republican power.
GUESTS:
- Greg Bluestein (@bluestein), @AJC politics, @nbcnews contributor, @politicallyga pod, Author of “Flipped”
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
RESOURCES:
- Pick up Bluestein's new book Flipped - Here.
- Read Klaidman's latest Yahoo News piece on the GA Trump Rally - Here.
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| 0:00.0 | There's one thing the people of George need to know about this race. It's a Brian camp. |
| 0:07.9 | He sold you out. He didn't look. He didn't want to look. He didn't want anything to do |
| 0:12.8 | with it. He didn't want anything to do with it. Camp has repeatedly caved to Stacey Abrams. |
| 0:19.5 | I think he's afraid of her. Why is he afraid of her? The hell is it? It'd be afraid of |
| 0:26.5 | he bent to Stacey Abrams. I don't think he bent to Joe Biden. I don't think Joe Biden knows what |
| 0:32.8 | the hell's happening. That was former president Trump Saturday night in a political rally in Georgia, |
| 0:39.4 | railing against Brian camp. The latest example of his enduring grudge against the state's Republican |
| 0:45.7 | governor for the Cardinals' sin of failing to back his bogus claims that it was he, not Joe Biden, |
| 0:51.9 | who won Georgia's electoral votes in the 2020 election. Trump's resentment of camp has prompted him |
| 0:57.6 | to endorse the GOP challenger to the governor. Former senator David Perdue, in what is shaping up |
| 1:03.8 | as a make or break primary, that can well determine just how much sway the former president |
| 1:09.0 | has over Republican voters. If Perdue pulls out a primary win, Trump will undoubtedly be viewed as |
| 1:15.3 | the ultimate GOP kingmaker, clearing the way for him to retake the Republican nomination for |
| 1:20.5 | president in 2024. But if camp prevails, and at the moment he has solid lead in the polls, |
| 1:26.9 | it could well be assigned that Trump's support is fading far more than Washington punts have acknowledged. |
| 1:33.0 | Which will it be? We'll talk to Greg Blustein, the lead political reporter for the Atlanta |
| 1:37.4 | Journal Constitution, and the author of the new book, Fliped How Georgia Turn Purple and |
| 1:42.6 | Broke the Monopoly on Republican power on this episode of Skull Duggery. |
| 1:52.6 | I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States. |
| 1:56.0 | I will to the best of my building. Reserve, protect and defend. |
| 2:00.8 | Constitution of the United States. So help me God. |
| 2:03.8 | So help me God. So help me God. |
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