would love to take away from the democrats, matt. this is going to be a critical state that republicans feel that they can flip. talk about the implications. this race is huge. absolutely. this is one of the most closely-watched senate races in the country, no question about it, in a state that was the closest in the 2020 election. republicans really feel, in their candidate and charisma around walker, they ll be able to flip entire control of the upper chamber which has massive implications for president joe biden s agenda going forward, judges, the future of more democratic policy through budget reconciliation. all of that hinges on a handful of states, georgia being one of them. let me ask you about one of the if you want to call it a policy issue, abortion. his abortion stance at odds with what polls tell us voters in
primary day. i want to start with two reporters here with me deeply engrained in georgia politics right now. patricia murphy, an atlanta journal constitution political reporter. she was at last night s kemp/pence event. and matt brown who has been zeroing in on the purdue candidacy, watching his event last night. great to see both of you. matt, let me start with the way your newspaper put it this morning. trump has signaled that he believes the key to a potential run for president is 2024, is showing he can still shape the gop. how do you read today s primary, particularly as a test of trump s endorsement power? absolutely. what we re seeing in the governor s race so far is basically trump put all his energy into what has been dubbed by a lot of republican governors around the country as a bit of a vin debt that tour against
current governor brian kemp who has, because of his refusal to overturn the election results of 020, he basically made it so trump was incredibly frustrated with him and put all of his effort into former senator david purdue s campaign to ours him. that hasn t gone as he would have expected. it looks like kemp is probably going to be able to avoid a runoff which will be a huge referendum on trump s power in the state. we all know donald trump has a lot of people he wants to see lose because they did not take part in the big lie. i want to play a short sound bite. it s really interesting from david purdue. are you going to accept the results of this election? it depends on the there s fraud or not. i m going to support the winner because my number one objective is to make sure stacey abrams is never the governor of georgia. i hear a little doubt there.
for people to vote all across the vote, not restricting people s rights. it s 2022. people deserve to be heard at the ballot box. we played by the rules and then we changed the rules. we re going to continue to organize and make sure people s voices are heard. herschel walker is taking questions from ellison right now. let s listen in. when they stay together on the republican side, they seem to be fighting all the time. that s not what i m about. i m about helping the people. you can t help them if you re separated. obviously donald trump is someone you admire and greatly respect. i understand you ll get behind with whoever wins in the republican party. you look at the goob torl race, the secretary of state race, the presence of donald trump has loomed large there. do you think you ll be able to work with brian kemp? there s no doubt. we ll work with anyone on the republican side. president trump is going to want the same thing to happen to this state and to this country. he w
everyone knows that. there s no sense in us fighting about it. right now what s going on in the state of georgia, what s going on in this country, we can t live like this. let s be honest. the inflation the way it is. let s be honest. that s what we ve got to do. the only way we ll get it done is quit fighting among ourselves. so, look, herschel walker is making it clear right there that he wants to be the candidate who is going to bring people together, right, something that worked for joe biden and frankly donald trump before him in a very different way, that he was representing people who weren t represented, but he talked about the economy. when push comes to shove and you look at all these races, you look at the governor s race, you look at the senate race, you didn t look at some of the other congressional races, is that what it s going to come down to. as the democratic chair, is your