GOP governor hypes crucial state as a must-win for Trump, and Harris embarks on a 2-day swing through it.
In a crucial swing state that may determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, Harris and Walz embark on a campaign trail.
Georgia was selected by Vice President Kamala Harris for her first campaign trail appearance after the Democratic National Convention.
On Wednesday, Harris began a two-day bus tour through the southeastern part of the key battleground state with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Walz will travel to North Carolina for a Thursday evening fundraiser, while Harris intends to energize thousands of Georgians at a rally in Savannah, as per her campaign.
In November's election, Georgia is once again a crucial state to watch.
In recent White House elections, Georgia has consistently voted for the Republican candidate. However, in the 2020 election, Joe Biden narrowly defeated then-President Trump, making him the first Democrat in nearly three decades to win Georgia.
In the upcoming election, Trump's advantage in Georgia over Biden increased from a slight edge to a solid single-digit lead following the president's poor debate performance in late June in Atlanta.
Since the vice president took over as the leader of the Democrats' 2024 ticket, polls show that the race in Georgia is now too close to call.
Georgia's popular two-term conservative governor agrees.
In an exclusive interview with Planet Chronicle Digital on Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp emphasized that this state is a battleground.
According to Kemp, the only way for former President Trump or any Republican to reach 270 electoral votes and win the presidency is by winning in Georgia.
He stated that Georgia should be a state that the Republicans win if they have all the necessary mechanics. He is working hard to help provide those mechanics and turn out the Republican vote in November to ensure a victory in the state.
So are the Democrats.
The Harris campaign boasted about having the largest in-state operation of any Democratic presidential campaign cycle in Georgia, with over 190 staff members and 24 coordinated offices across the state, just hours before Vice President Biden's arrival in Savannah.
Georgia has been the site of Harris' second rally since becoming the Democratic Party's standard-bearer, following her first stop in Atlanta.
In contrast to the usual strategy for Democrats to secure statewide victories in Georgia, which involves focusing on metropolitan Atlanta, Harris is currently campaigning in the southern part of the state, away from the suburbs that make up almost 60% of the state's population.
Quentin Fulks, who served as principal deputy campaign manager under Biden and is currently in the same role with Harris, is following the strategy used in the 2018 election to secure Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock's narrow victory over GOP challenger Hershel Walker. The plan is to not only win big in Atlanta and its suburbs, but also to remain competitive in the rest of the state.
"Fulks stated in an MSNBC interview on Tuesday that it is crucial to compete everywhere across the state in order to win. He emphasized the importance of running in rural counties and being statewide, even in counties where Democrats traditionally do not perform well."
The Harris campaign highlighted the importance of campaigning in Southeast Georgia, emphasizing the region's diverse voter base, which includes rural, suburban, and urban Georgians, as well as a significant number of Black voters and working-class families.
Trump's campaign team in Georgia faces a significant organizational disadvantage compared to the Harris campaign. To win Georgia back, Trump will require support from Kemp's well-funded and efficient political apparatus in mobilizing Republican voters.
Trump lauded Kemp for resolving their differences, which date back to the 2020 election.
On Thursday, Georgia first lady Marty Kemp, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will join forces to host a fundraiser in Atlanta for the former president.
The governor stated that he believes that four more years of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris or Kamala Harris and Tim Walz would likely be worse than what they were, and therefore, it is not affordable.
"We must concentrate on challenging Kamala Harris and Joe Biden's record while also highlighting our own accomplishments and plans for improvement."
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