deadly insurrection and that threatens to unravel our democracy, well, it s on the ballot in several states today in gop primaries that are just as much a measure of the trumpification of the republican party as they are a test of the disgraced ex-president s political power. in georgia, governor brian kemp and secretary of state brad raffensperger are facing primary challengers entirely because of their refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 election there. trump s conduct in georgia is notably under criminal investigation now. a pair of trump-backed candidates, that would be former senator david perdue and congressman jody hice are hoping to unseat republicans kemp and raffensperger. new york times reports this, quote, along with representative jody hice, david perdue is running a campaign that s almost single mindedly focused on trump s baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and in true trump style, perdue is ending a campaign that is staked