re: MTG floats that she might run for Senate or be Trump's running mate

Big no to the running mate.

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Georgia Republicans are probably stupid enough to nominate her for the Senate seat in ‘26.

They’ll then wonder why she loses to Ossoff handily and claim fraud.

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What faction of GA voters would vote for Kemp and not vote for MTG?

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Explain why. MAGA voters are not voting for Ossoff.

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MAGA voters do not make up a majority of the state’s electorate, and many non-MAGA Reps would likely stay home than hold their nose to vote for MTG.

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MAGA voters do not make up a majority of the state’s electorate

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Agree.

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nd many non-MAGA Reps would likely stay home

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So when it comes to electing Republicans in GA MAGA voters are not the problem, right?

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She will win the primary easily and hand the seat to the Democrats in a landslide.

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So the sense is, there are these non-MAGA Republicans in GA that are okay with having Democrats elected.

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So when it comes to electing Republicans in GA MAGA voters are not the problem, right?

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The problem is that MTG is poison outside of her very, very red district. She’ll clean up in the rural areas but get wrecked in the major urban/suburban population centers. It’s also why she moved from Alpharetta to Rome because she had little chance of succeeding in the 6th congressional district.

If she ran in 2026, I’d pull the lever for her, but I’m only one vote.

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That is more of a commentary on East Cobb bleeding hearts. Ossoff is a jackoff.

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Even so, he’ll still get a minimum of 45% of the vote regardless of the GOP candidate. Put someone like MTG in that role and she’ll bring out the loonies to vote against her.

Not a chance she beats Osoff

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So when it comes to electing Republicans in GA MAGA voters are not the problem, right?

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I haven't seen people say otherwise except with regard to a) notable instances where Trump sought retribution on Kemp/Georgia and pushed people to sit on their hands or support the opponent and b) to the extent Trump pushes bad candidates on Georgia and he gets them to the general where they fail.

In general, the situation where a good candidate was not supported by MAGA voters and led to a loss hasn't happened yet, unless you count the prior Senate runoffs.

Which only shows how much stronger Kemp's brand is, that with heavy Trump opposition and some minority of MAGA voters sitting it out, he still cruised.

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What faction of GA voters would vote for Kemp and not vote for MTG?

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Moderate R voters.