Georgia governor set to buck Trump on Senate appointment
Source: Politico
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has begun informing Republican officials he plans to appoint financial services executive Kelly Loeffler to the states soon-to-be vacant Senate seat, according to three people familiar with the conversations.
Members of the states Republican congressional delegation were among those to receive a heads-up from Kemp on his decision, according to an aide to a House Republican from Georgia who received a call from the governor over the weekend.
A spokesperson for Kemp declined to comment. Loefflers expected selection was first reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
The choice could face serious backlash from conservatives. President Donald Trump has told Kemp he favors GOP Rep. Doug Collins, a staunch ally and the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, for the appointment. Kemp took Loeffler to the White House late last month to meet with the president. But the meeting did not go as planned: Trump raised pointed concerns about whether Loeffler who has never run for elected office before is seasoned enough in politics to receive the nod.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/01/georgia-governor-set-to-buck-trump-on-senate-appointment-074730
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)1) How insane is it that he is actually arguing that Donald Trump should pick the new senator? Since when does the POTUS get to do that?
2) I suspect that if Brian Kemp is the GOP nominee in 2028 he will strongly consider Matt Gaetz as his running-mate. The media will highlight that as proof that he is willing to reach out to people with political differences, and who he has a history of conflict with, and tout him as a new kind of leader. Or something like that.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)we find ourselves in.
hlthe2b
(102,351 posts)being ignored, I somehow doubt that Loeffler will turn out to be much better.
Still, I detest Collins with intensity.
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)"Trump raised pointed concerns about whether Loeffler who has never run for elected office before is seasoned enough in politics to receive the nod."
Since he himself had never run for elected office, and is clearly unqualified for the one he now holds...
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)oldsoftie
(12,591 posts)Makes me wonder why kemp is so high on her. Kemp himself won by being the "tough guy" RW candidate over the others. Cagle was looked at as being prt of the "swamp", even though he was on the right of every issue.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)He is also pushing an expansion of Medicaid that wasn't expected, although he is asking for waivers from some requirements in the ACA.
But until both are official, I remain suspect.
bucolic_frolic
(43,270 posts)Maybe there's a Blagojevich maneuver under the table
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)Him and Kemp into prison?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I will buy tickets for myself and my entire family to attend the event.
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)Nitram
(22,869 posts)of his party. I can always dream!