Election 2024: Battleground Georgia

[Applause] former president Trump appears to be making amends with Georgia's popular Republican Governor Brian Kemp who has offered his political apparatus to the campaign if we turn our people out and vote from the top of the ticket on down uh we're going to put Georgia back in the red column for a presidential race unlike we did in 2020 he said he wants Trump to win and he's going to work with me 100% those warm comments come Less Than 3 weeks after the former president attacked Kemp at a rally in Atlanta you know Fanny Willis is a good friend of your Governor you know that your Governor I'm not a fan of your Governor some Georgia Republicans blame Mr Trump's comments like that for losing both of the states US Senate seats to Democrats in 2020 former lieutenant governor Jeff Duncan who endorsed kamla Harris at the Democratic National Convention tells Atlanta Civic Circle the only thing that makes Georgia a swing state is Donald Trump every time he endorses somebody or he's involved in a raise him self it's either close or he loses ladies and gentlemen we are here tonight to officially nominate K Harris for president from its Lively roll call to its long list of prominent speakers Georgia's high-profile at the DNC reflects the party's renewed optimism Emer political science Professor Andre Gillespie says kamla Harris's entry into the race has motivated many Georgia Democrats not just to vote but to join the campaign if she can sustain that interest in volunteering they are going to register new voters and they're going to remind those voters to turn out to vote according to the Fox News Power Rankings Georgia leans Republican but a New York Times Sienna College poll taken just before the convention shows Harris narrowing Trump's lead in the state to within the margin of error Brett Jonathan thanks