“GOP firestorm” rages on as a vulnerable Loeffler fails to ward off conservative challenger, setting up an expensive and “brutal Republican-on-Republican fight”
ATLANTA — Following yesterday’s news that ultra-conservative Congressman Doug Collins is set to challenge vulnerable “political mega-donor” Kelly Loeffler, the Georgia GOP continues to plunge head-first into a “an all-out Republican feud” as part of a “fierce melee” within the party. With Loeffler facing weak poll numbers and an ethical “minefield” but still ready to spend upwards of $20 million of her own money to hold her bought-and-paid-for seat, Georgia Republicans are now looking at “a divisive 2020 battle” and an expensive intraparty fight “at a time when Republicans can ill afford discord.”
See what they’re saying about the upcoming “bitter Republican showdown”:
- The Hill: “[Georgia Republican]: ‘It’s going to be a little messy…Actually, it’s going to be very messy.’”
- NYT: “Mr. Collins’s long-expected decision sets the stage for a brutal Republican-on-Republican fight”
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