High anxiety over Trump in Georgia GOP

[DonViejo]

BY MAX GREENWOOD - 03/31/21 06:00 AM EDT

Georgia Republicans are growing anxious that former President Trump’s continued influence within the GOP and the party’s deepening internal divisions could undermine their standing in critical races in 2022.

The GOP is gearing up to try to unseat Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in next year’s midterm elections while also defending the governor’s mansion.

But several GOP strategists and operatives expressed concerns that Trump’s looming intervention in the midterms — especially his pledge to support a primary challenge to Gov. Brian Kemp (R) — could only serve to deepen their losses in one of the nation’s fastest-growing and most diverse battleground states.

“He’s done a real number on us already,” one Republican consultant in Georgia said, blaming Trump for the GOP’s losses in two January Senate runoffs. “My concern is Trump becomes a distraction. You never want to have to deal with nonsense, and right now we really can’t afford his nonsense.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/545661-high-anxiety-over-trump-in-georgia-gop

[empedocles]

1. Good news

[lagomorph777]

2. "we really can't afford his nonsense" - I'm confused.

I thought nonsense was the GQP brand?

[Chipper Chat]

3. "High Anxiety Over Trump"

Sounds like the title of a Garth Brooks song.

[SeattleVet]

6. ...or a Mel Brooks movie!

[Wounded Bear]

4. Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas...

[Roc2020]

5. The 'Rs' will suffer the hurting backlash

of Trump being at the head of their party for decades. They will never live him down.

[Skittles]

7. they can all go fuck themselves

if over half a million people dead for no reason and the cult trying to negate the results of a presidential election didn't sway them, NOTHING will

[joetheman]

8. Let all of the MAGAs and political enablers cling to Trump so that they can sink with him.

He is definitely going down!