What Next - Abrams vs. Kemp vs. Perdue
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🗓️ 14 December 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
When Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced his intent to run for reelection, he knew he was facing down a rematch with voting rights activist and former state lawmaker Stacey Abrams. What he likely didn’t expect was a challenge from the right in the form of David Perdue, a local businessman, former senator, and good friend who was encouraged to run against him by Donald Trump. Now, the question is whether Trumpism can be a winning argument in Georgia—or whether Democrats might be able to exploit Republicans’ division to score a win in the deeply purple state.
Guest: Greg Bluestein, reporter covering state politics for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Joe Brand and I'm annoyed. |
| 0:02.8 | The unacceptable levels of homelessness this Christmas are no joke. |
| 0:06.8 | As the cost of living soars, people are being pushed out of their homes into temporary accommodation and onto freezing streets. |
| 0:13.6 | Crisis at Christmas offers a hot meal, health care, and help with a place to stay. |
| 0:18.3 | The start of year-round specialist support. |
| 0:21.2 | This Christmas I'm standing with Crisis. Join me. |
| 0:24.6 | Search Crisis at Christmas and donate 29 pounds and 7 pence today. Thank you. |
| 0:35.0 | Almost as soon as I got Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter Greg Bluestein on the phone, |
| 0:40.4 | we got interrupted. |
| 0:42.1 | And then we pause really quickly here. My doorbell is just ringing. |
| 0:44.3 | I didn't hear it, but if you need to go get that Amazon Prime. |
| 0:50.8 | In pandemic times, interruptions like this are pretty common. |
| 0:54.5 | Just not this kind. |
| 0:56.2 | That's cool. Someone is delivering us a cake. |
| 0:59.6 | Greg's a political reporter. |
| 1:01.6 | This is the weird thing about like covering this stuff. |
| 1:05.1 | I'm not getting like readers being a local reporter. |
| 1:08.2 | Readers will send like champagne bottles. |
| 1:14.9 | I see this cake as an indicator of just how crazy Georgia politics has gotten over the last year. |
| 1:21.5 | You do not send your local reporter baked goods. |
| 1:25.0 | If you feel like they're having an easy time of it. |
| 1:27.7 | What does it say on it? |
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