Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday offered his strongest denunciation to date of efforts by his fellow Republicans to go after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, dismissing the moves as “political theater that only inflames the emotions of the moment.”
Some Republicans in Washington and Georgia have been attacking Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis since even before she announced the indictment of former President Donald Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. Kemp said that any calls for a special session to impeach Willis or defund her office were wrong and that she had done nothing to merit removal.
A special session, the second-term governor said, “would ignore current Georgia law and directly interfere with the proceedings of a separate but equal branch of government.”
“The bottom line is that in the state of Georgia, as long as I’m governor, we’re going to follow the law and the Constitution, regardless of who it helps or harms politically,” a clearly agitated Kemp said at a news conference in the state’s capital.
Trump fucked up, the old money that pull all the strings in Georgia are spiteful as fuck and don’t take kindly to outsiders coming in and endangering their position by casting a spotlight on the already corrupt political machinations of the state. They probably all loved his presidency but he’s now a threat to their position and they want him gone
it’d be pretty nuts if it turned out that Trump had indeed drained the swamp. even if it wasn’t exactly how he intended.
- Enter the swamp
- Get all the swamp-dwellers to enter a criminal conspiracy with you
- Get caught
- Swamp drained?
Process failed successfully
A real Anakin “bringing balance to the force” moment, but like, in the opposite direction.
Never thought I’d be grateful for anything Kemp said or did, but here we are.
tired of asshole broken clocks being given a pulpit for being right once a day. He’s still an illegitimate governor.
“But at least he’s not illegitimate AND a traitor!” – Republican standards
Republicans like traitors though
republican standards? fuckin democrat standards now, this is on the front page of the dem loving fediverse.
We’re not here to make friends. Anything that advanced our agenda, we take it.
I remember Trump being propped up by dems for being an impossible candidate and attacking all the “legitimate” politicians.
This never happened.
Interesting imagination you’ve got there.
Good god, I’ve never actually seen Kemp. He’s the picture definition of “good 'ole boy.”
And he stole the governorship from Stacy Abrams
Facts, he should not have been operating as the secretary of state while running. But when will a Republican recuse themselves?
If only they all had the same moral fortitude as checks notes …Jeff Sessions???
Ever seen his 2018 Campaign ad
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Pretty sure this is because Trump has such a hold on the GOP it closes off any further opportunity for a political climber like Kemp. Kemp wants his own shot at the big seat, but they have to clear Trump out of the way before he has a snowball’s chance.
So Kemp’s sitting on the sidelines letting the current candidates take shit about how loyally Trumpist they are, and meanwhile does not lift a finger as governor of Georgia to help him, thinking that his inaction will be forgotten by 2028.
Maybe, maybe not, but I will never forget how he openly stole his current seat from Stacey Abrams as Georgia Secretary of State presiding over his own election, and how he has done everything in his power, legal and not so legal, to make voting harder for everyone (especially people of color) in the state of Georgia.
Right now he is the enemy of our enemy, which is cool, but it doesn’t change what he is: another presidential hopeful wiping out democratic process in his own state to get his own shot at the top.
That’s cool n shit, but I still hope that he chokes on a fat syphilitic dick.
