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Caption From left, state Reps. Ed Setzler, Ginny Ehrhart and Sen. Brandon Beach discuss proposed new cities this week at a meeting of the Cobb County Young Republicans at Schoolhouse Brewery in Marietta. Credit: Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
When DeAnna Harris was looking for a new Cobb County home, she wanted someplace private, but not too far from amenities. She said she struck gold when she found a place in west Cobb.
“I live almost like, two feet away from an alpaca farm,” said Harris, president of Cobb County Young Republicans. “On the other end of my street, there’s about seven horses. I like that environment. I’m comfortable with it. That’s the reason why I moved over there. I actually relocated from the South Cobb area in Smyrna, where there’s a lot more higher density homes and apartments in that area, and that was part of the reason, to get away from all that.”
It has been several months since former President Donald Trump lost the presidential election, but his Republican base is still reeling over the upsetting defeat. And the aftermath appears to be most evident in the state of Georgia.
According to Politico, the Republican Party s problem in Georgia signals a shift in politics for many voters across the state. Although the party has dominated the state s voting landscape for decades, it appears its popularity is eroding in suburban areas.
The shift has also led to intraparty battling with the political party s base taking aim at the state s Republican leaders. DeAnna Harris, who serves as chair for the Cobb County Young Republicans, expressed concern about that approach as she noted the dangers of constantly reliving the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
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‘It’s almost like insanity’: GOP base continues to lash out over Trump’s defeat
There’s no evidence of election fraud in Georgia. Even so, the party rank and file is fixated on it even if it costs them in the midterms.
Attendees wait to hear President Donald Trump speak at a campaign rally on Oct. 16, 2020 in Macon, Ga. | Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images
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MARIETTA, Ga. Nowhere has the post-Trump era been more painful for the Republican Party than in Georgia, where Trump loyalists’ war on Republican elected officials is still raging, at great cost.
After the presidential election, lost by Republicans in Georgia for the first time since 1992, the party crumpled in the January Senate runoffs. In the Atlanta suburbs, once a citadel of conservatism, Republicans were blown out.