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President Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement of a Republican lawmaker in the 2026 Georgia Senate primary is exposing fault lines in his own MAGA base, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump suffers major setback no one is talking about<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe final days of Georgia\u2019s Republican primary campaigns have exposed internal party fault lines, produced unusual alliances and will test the party\u2019s ability to consolidate quickly to match Democrats\u2019 head start on the general election campaign,\u201d reported the Associated Press\u2019 Bill Barrow on Monday. Describing how Trump recently endorsed Rep. Mike Collins in his campaign against former football coach Derek Dooley, while Trump backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones over billionaire Rick Jackson in the gubernatorial race, Barrow concluded that the Georgia elections exposes deeper rifts within the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of division in the MAGA world and across the Republican Party,\u201d Debbie Dooley, a former tea party organizer who is backing Jones for governor and Dooley in their respective campaigns, told Barrow. (Dooley the organizer is not related to Dooley the candidate.)\u201d<\/p>\n

She then told Barrow, \u201cWe better get it together after Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKemp\u2019s and Trump\u2019s differing courses highlight their complicated relationship \u2014 Kemp certified Biden\u2019s electors in 2020 over Trump\u2019s objections \u2014 and the results Tuesday will tests both men\u2019s internal party influence as their final terms play out,\u201d Barrow wrote. He added that Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican who Trump opposes for refusing to go along with his plot to steal the 2020 election, argues his own strategizing is about maximizing the GOP\u2019s advantage in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not worried about any political equations or keeping score,\u201d Kemp said Monday. \u201cIt\u2019s making sure we have the right people at the top of the ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Inside the secret Trump plan to \u2018take over the world\u2019s largest island\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Last month Politico did an in-depth report on how Georgia, a make-or-break swing state, has emerged as a key pickup for both parties.<\/p>\n

“The old-guard of the Republican Party in Georgia has fallen after withstanding MAGA’s furor since 2020, replaced by a new breed of candidates \u2014 up and down the ballot \u2014 closely aligned with President Donald Trump,” Erin Doherty and Alec Hernandez reported in Politico. “On Tuesday, the Trump allies marched on: Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones clinched a spot in the gubernatorial runoff on Tuesday alongside billionaire Rick Jackson, who told supporters he’d govern like the president ‘with a southern tone.’ In the GOP Senate primary, Rep. Mike Collins, a staunch MAGA ally, advanced to a runoff. And House candidates Jim Kingston, Houston Gaines and Clay Fuller won their races by wide margins, boosted by the president\u2019s endorsement.”<\/p>\n

Doherty and Hernandez added, “Meanwhile, longtime Trump antagonists \u2014 especially those who denied the 2020 election was ‘stolen’ \u2014 lost their primary battles: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Attorney General Chris Carr and Gabriel Sterling, a former top Raffensperger aide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more White House insider: Trump is more divisive than any Republican I\u2019ve ever worked for<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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