greg bluestein covers georgia politics for the atlanta general constitution. his newest piece about herschel walker is good. let me start with you on, that sort of a fascinating dynamic here. my sense is that, you ve got a very active conservative act in georgia. herschel walker was not the choice of that grassroots donald trump did this as a kind of top-down thing. there was resistance by republicans in the state. what s it looking like now in that race? yeah, chris, use the verb crews in the last segment. he s on cruise control. he s ignoring his rivals, he s not trial for debates. he s not showing up for forums. he s giving major events. he s not in town halls other interactions forces. he s stuck to the schedule of tightly controlled events, speeches, company of andre s areas. his rivals are saying he is taking a basement strategy. my colleague patricia says she
election. she s a maga warrior. greg bluestein covers georgia politics for the atlanta general constitution. his newest piece about herschel walker is good. let me start with you on, that sort of a fascinating dynamic here. my sense is that, you ve got a very active conservative act in georgia. herschel walker was not the choice of that grassroots donald trump did this as a kind of top-down thing. there was resistance by republicans in the state. what s it looking like now in that race? yeah, chris, use the verb crews in the last segment. he s on cruise control. he s ignoring his rivals, he s not trial for debates. he s not showing up for forums. he s giving major events. he s not in town halls other interactions forces. he s stuck to the schedule of tightly controlled events, speeches, company of andre s
system. now, even at the time this seemed a truly outlandish accusation. i mean, think about it for a second. you think the georgia democratic party really tried to brazenly hack the state s election system? but it also seemed outlandish the secretary of state would, as brazenly, makeup such a serious charge just in order to help him win an election. well, thanks to thorough investigation by the team of the atlanta general constitution, we now know the whole thing was utter bunk. quote, no evidence supported the allegations against the democrats at the time, and none has emerged in the six weeks since. in fact, to anyone that watched kemp attempt to spin his baseless accusation in real time in the normally friendly confines of fox business network, you could have seen the truth right there on his face. forgive me. the reason i m asking is because people are questioning your intent. so if you want to clear that up now, i m offering you that chance to clear up the intent here because
formally accused democrats of a failed attempt to hack the state s voter registration system. now, even at the time this seemed a truly outlandish accusation. i mean, think about it for a second. you think the georgia democratic party really tried to brazenly hack the state s election system? but it also seemed outlandish the secretary of state would, as brazenly, makeup such a serious charge just in order to help him win an election. well, thanks to thorough investigation by the team of the atlanta general constitution, we now know the whole thing was utter bunk. quote, no evidence supported the allegations against the democrats at the time, and none has emerged in the six weeks since. in fact, to anyone that watched kemp attempt to spin his baseless accusation in real time in the normally friendly confines of fox business network, you could have seen the truth right there on his face. forgive me. the reason i m asking is because people are questioning your intent. so if you want
we can repeal campus carry. i own guns but no one s taking away. reporter: but this race is about more than the future of the peach state. it s a microcosm of the political divide in america. this is going to be something of a war act right here in georgia. reporter: greg is a political reporter for the atlanta general constitution. democrats want to prove that georgia is a battleground state in a way it hasn t been in a few decades. republicans want to do everything they can to fortify georgia to make sure it stays in the red column. reporter: no democrat has won a major statewide election in georgia since 2000. despite that fact, abrams believes the math works. i m going to talk to the millions of democratic-leaning voters and those disinfected republicans who want to see something else and those independent thinkers who haven t quite decided. reporter: important to her formula, georgia s demographic shifts over the years getting younger and more diverse in the st