The PAC of former Trump president Save America has given half a million dollars to PAC Get Georgia Right, which is working to overthrow current Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
Why it matters: This is Trump’s first major financial investment in a 2022 cycle, during which he backed more than 100 Republican candidates up and down the ballot.
- The news was first announced by Politico.
Catch up quickly: Perhaps no politician faces as much anger from Trump in his bid to cancel the 2020 election as Brian Kemp, who opposes the presidents’ demands for a special legislative session.
- Trump sharply attacked Kemp, promised to campaign against him, and followed suit, supporting Kemp’s challenger, former Senator David Purdue, late last year.
- Earlier this year, Perdue said it had raised $ 1.1 million, while Kemp reported $ 12.7 million in cash.
Our thought bubble through Lachlan Markay of Axios: The donation shows that Trump is finally putting to work some of the huge sums he has raised since leaving office.
- But it is significant that in a year when Republicans have a good chance of getting the Senate back and winning other key contests up and down the ballot, Trump’s first major foray into a political race in 2022 comes at the expense of an internal party critic.
- This is an exercise in settling results, both for the retrial of the 2020 elections and for celebrating political victories ahead.
On the other hand: In a statement, Camp Campaign Senior Adviser Cody Hall said that “David Purdue will need well over $ 500,000 to divert attention from his reckless joke against the Georgia State Patrol,” citing Tuesday’s press conference at which Purdue said Georgia “must bring our state patrol back to the elite level.”
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