Help Move Georgia Forward
Over the weekend, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published two scathing editorials condemning Brian Kemp’s failed COVID-19 leadership and calling on him to ramp up action to boost Georgia’s vaccination rate and curb the spread of the virus. But while Kemp “puts politics before public health,” the Biden-Harris administration and Democrats are taking bold and popular steps to increase vaccination rates in Georgia and across the country and put an end to the pandemic.
The forceful statewide backlash to Kemp’s mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic comes amid a weekend rally in which former president Donald Trump excoriated Kemp, suggesting a Democrat would do a better job of running the state. The slate of Trump-endorsed candidates for statewide office has also refused to endorse the incumbent governor, while even the Georgia GOP chair enthusiastically participated in what turned into a Kemp-bashing event.
“With his COVID-19 mismanagement under intense scrutiny and his own party bucking him, Brain Kemp is standing on thin ice across Georgia,” said Rebecca Galanti, spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Georgia. “Kemp took a deadly gamble in prioritizing politics to bolster his rocky re-election bid, and now Georgians are paying the price. Georgians will remember that while Brian Kemp and Republicans were playing political games with their lives, Democrats took decisive action to combat the pandemic and get Georgia back on track.”
Read the two Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorials below:
Opinion: Regents and Gov. Kemp on wrong side of history and science on COVID
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial Board // 9/25/21
Opinion: State needs to do more to fight COVID-19
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial Board // 9/25/21
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