'I didn’t vote for anybody': GA GOP gov didn’t cast ballot for Trump in primary
Almost one year after Donald Trump and 18 MAGA allies were indicted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over their attempt to subvert the 2020 election in Georgia, the state's Republican Governor Brian Kemp shared what his relationship with the ex-president has looked like since.
Speaking with CNN's Kaitlan Collins in a Wednesday, June 26 interview, the GOP leader said he didn't vote for Trump in Georgia's March primary.
"I didn’t vote for anybody," Kemp said. "I voted, but I didn’t vote for anybody. I mean, the race was already over when the primary got here. I always try to go vote and, you know, play a part in it, but look at that point, it didn’t really matter."
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Still, the Republican leader did say he plans to cast a vote for the MAGA hopeful in November, according to CNN.
Although many have expressed concern that Trump will, once again, attempt to overturn an election if he doesn't beat President Joe Biden this year, Kemp told Collins, "I don’t worry about the institutions of democracy too much – they held up under a lot of pressure. Democracy has been bent and challenged in this republic in the past and it will be in the future. But I’m very confident that it will hold."
The pair has not spoken in a while, according to the governor, and CNN notes that when the Georgia lawmaker refused to play into the ex-president's election interference ploy, "Trump was so furious with Kemp, he pledged to end his political career and backed a primary challenger in the 2022 Republican gubernatorial primary. The move failed spectacularly and Kemp beat David Perdue by over 50 points."
Despite Trump's ill-will towards Kemp, the devout Republican told Collins, "We’ll see how the race plays out and what they might ask for or need. But, I mean, like right now I’m focused on turning the ticket out so we win. I mean, regardless of, you know, our history together, I have a vested interest in Georgia remaining in Republican hands."
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