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GOP backs away from Forsyth County showdown

GOP backs away from Forsyth County showdown

September 19, 2022

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Also in today’s Swing State Georgia:

  • Republicans double down on ground game.

  • Abortion the focus in Attorney General’s race.

  • Walker on debate: “I will do my best.”


Republicans in Forsyth County, Georgia should have been prepping the past few days for a campaign visit by Gov. Brian Kemp.

Instead, GOP officials there spent the weekend trying to get out of their own way - after seemingly raising the specter of the county’s racist past.

As news spread that Stacey Abrams and other top Democrats would hold a campaign rally in Forsyth County - a fast-growing county in the exurban area north of Atlanta - the local GOP issued a call to protest the candidates who are “crossing over our county border.”

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