DALTON, Ga. – Led by Vice President Mike Pence, Republican leaders came here Thursday to preach the importance of walls.
First, a theoretical wall. A big, conservative wall, fortified to reject liberal politicians. Construction of this wall, they said, will occur Tuesday, when Republicans vote Brian Kemp into the governor’s seat over Stacey Abrams. A Kemp victory sends a signal to Democrats across the country that Georgia is not in play.
“Stacey Abrams [is] being bankrolled by Hollywood liberals, sending their support into the state,” Pence told the crowd at the Dalton Convention Center. “Some of them have come into the state. I heard Oprah’s in town today, and I heard Will Farrell was going door to door the other day. Well, I’d like to remind Stacey and Oprah and Will Farrell, I’m kind of a big deal, too. And I got a message for all of Stacey Abrams’ liberal Hollywood friends: This ain’t Hollywood; this is Georgia.”
Said U.S. Sen. David Perdue: “The billionaires in California and New York have decided that the road to the White House in 2020 rolls through Georgia this year. They’re trying to buy this governor’s race.”
Lieutenant governor candidate Geoff Duncan: “We’re going to win by a big enough margin that guys like [George] Soros and [Michael] Bloomberg wake up on the seventh and decide they never want to send another dime to the state of Georgia ever again.”