How is Georgia feeling about Donald Trump, Kamala Harris?

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:03:42 Category: News & Politics

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ALWAYS, JOHN. >> GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >>> NOW TO THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS AND HER RUNNING MATE, TIM WALZ, RETURN TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WEDNESDAY IN GEORGIA, BATTLEGROUND STATE, HER PREDECESSOR'S CAMPAIGN THAT ALL BUT ABANDONED AS HIS FORTUNE DWINDLED. WEDNESDAY THE DUO STOPPED AROUND SAVANNAH AND ITS SUBURBS AND WILL HAVE A RALLY THURSDAY. MEANWHILE GEORGIA REPUBLICAN COMING TOGETHER TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR CANDIDATE. GOVERNOR BRIAN KETCH AND KEVIN AND SENATOR LAWLER WILL FUNDRAISE. >> Reporter: GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. THEY'RE POLLING BETTER AND SEEING MORE ENERGY THAN PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS EARLIER THIS UPPER IS. TAPE, FOR EXAMPLE IT, OUR OWN CBS NEWS POLL IN JUNE HAD BIDEN DOWN TWO POINTS. DEMOCRATS I WAS TALKING TO ON THE GROUND WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM NOT MATCHING WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. THE INVERSE IS HAPPENING NOW. DEMOCRATS I TALKED TO TODAY, HARRIS IS TIED WITH TRUMP IN THEIR LATEST CBS NEWS POLL HERE IN GEORGIA. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR, AARON WHITELY, SAID HE'S SEEING MOMENTUM AMONG NOT JUST GENERATIONS Z VOTERS, BUT MILLENNIALS VOTERS. THE CHAIR HIMSELF IS A MILLENNIAL, 40 YEARS OLD, AND SAID HE'S SEEN MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM NOT JUST ON THE GROUND, BUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SOCIAL MEDIA IS PLAYING A HEIGHTENED ROLE THERE CYCLE IN TERMS OF WHERE PEOPLE GET THEIR INFORMATION COMPARED TO PAST CYCLES. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHERE HARRIS AND WALZ ARE CAMPAIGNING AND WHETHER THAT TELLS US ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR STRATEGY IN GEORGIA OR MAYBE EVEN MORE BROADLY ABOUT WHERE THEY THINK THEY CAN PLAY WHERE PRESIDENT BIDEN COULD NOT? >> Reporter: YEAH. SO THEY WERE GOING TO COME HERE REGARDLESS. THEY HAD POSTPONED THE TRIP DUE TO HURRICANE DEBBY TO SAVANNAH, BUT THEY ARGUED THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY IN THE RURAL COUNTIES. THEY HAVE AN OFFICE IN VALDOSA, IN A COUNTY BIDEN LOST BY 5,000 POINTS, MORE OF A RURAL SUBURBAN COUNTY OUTSIDE SAVANNAH. THEY AREN'T TAKING ANY VOTERS FOR GRANTED. THEY HAVE SEVEN OFFICES SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND DEMOCRATS HERE SAY THAT SHOWS THERE'S A REAL INVESTMENT IN NOT JUST PLAYING TO WIN COLONIES, BUT CUT INTO TRUMP'S LEAD AT MORE RURAL COUNTIES OR COMPETITIVE COUNTIES. >> THURSDAY THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WILL HOST A FUNDRAISER FOR DONALD TRUMP. DONALD TRUMP HAS REGULARLY ATTACKED GOVERNOR KEMP FOR NOT HELPING HIM OVERTHROW THE WILL OF THE VOTERS IN THE STATE, TO PUT IT BLUNTLY. REMIND US OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND WHY THE GOVERNOR IS PITCHING IN FOR HIM ANYWAY. >> Reporter: WELL, IT'S NOT JUST THE 2020 ELECTION, BUT THE FULTON COUNTY INDICTMENTS AGAINST TRUMP. HE HAS FOUND IRE WITH BRIAN KEMP SAYING HE WAS "DISLOYAL" DURING AN AUGUST RALLY, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF UNITY LEADING INTO THIS THURSDAY FUNDRAISER. AN ADVISER FOR KEMP SAID TRUMP'S POLICIES WILL HELP HIM WIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. TRUMP RESPONDED SAYING, "TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN," BUT IT'S IMPORTANT AND A FASCINATING POLITICAL DYNAMIC, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING KEMP THROTTLED TRUMP'S BACK PRIMARY CHALLENGER TO KEMP IN 2022. KEMP WON THAT PRIMARY BY CLOSE TO 50 POINTS. YOU'RE SEEING THE TWO AT LEAST PLAY NICE LEADING INTO THE CLOSING MONTHS OF THIS ELECTION. >>

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