“All-Out Republican Feud”: Collins Set to Challenge Loeffler in “Bitter Republican Showdown”

“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”:

• AJC: “U.S. Rep. Doug Collins will soon announce a challenge…setting up a bitter Republican showdown in November”

• The Hill: “[Georgia Republican]: ‘It’s going to be a little messy…Actually, it’s going to be very messy.’”

• CNN: “[Collins’] decision would set up a fierce melee for the November 2020 race”

• NYT: “Mr. Collins’s long-expected decision sets the stage for a brutal Republican-on-Republican fight”

• POLITICO: Rep. Doug Collins expected to run for Senate, setting up GOP clash

• The Hill: “Development could make it tougher for the GOP to hold…Senate seat in 2020”

• Roll Call: Doug Collins’ Senate bid could set up competitive GOP fight in Georgia

• AP: [Collins’] decision…could complicate the GOP’s chances of holding onto the seat”

• NY Post: “Collins (R-Ga.) will launch a bid…setting up a party showdown that threatens to split Republicans across the state.”

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