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The 2 Republican Parties of Georgia
by Roger L. Simon

Commentary

ATLANTA—When I finally arrived at the right Maggiano’s on Nov. 30 after a rain-splattered drive from Nashville—I discovered, much to my chagrin, there are three Maggiano’s in Atlanta, and I had first gone to the wrong one—I was met by about two dozen patient Republican, or perhaps I should more accurately say conservative, activists in a private dining room.

They had been assembled, in absentia by Maria Zack of nationsinaction.org, to give me their insiders’ views of what had gone on during the presidential election and what was likely to happen in the Senate runoff. Their views were to be off the record with no names attached so feel free to take that into consideration, though I had no reason to disbelieve what they were saying.

One or two of the group were Georgia politicians, others Republican Party organizers, still others had been poll watchers.

None had anything good to say about the election or how it was conducted.

Nor did anyone have anything good to say about fellow Republicans Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp or Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, although there was simultaneously a sense of bewilderment, even betrayal. The two men had been longtime personal friends of several people in the room.

They were confused about how it happened that Kemp, who was himself secretary of state in 2018 when the Dominion system was officially adopted for Georgia elections, had made that decision.

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