Kemp urges Republicans not to 'look in the rearview mirror' in 2024 race

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) on Sunday urged Republicans not to “look in the rearview mirror” as the 2024 election revs up.
“Focus on the future, not look in the rearview mirror. You know, if you look in the rearview mirror too long while you’re driving, you’re gonna look up and you’re gonna be running into somebody and that’s not gonna be good,” Kemp said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“It’s like a quarterback that throws an interception. If you dwell on that the rest of the game, your team’s not gonna fare very well. But if you put it behind you and focus on the game ahead in the future, then you’re going to win.”

Kemp didn’t mention former President Trump by name, but his comments come after he said in remarks on Saturday at a private Republican National Committee donor retreat that Republicans should move on from the 2020 presidential election, as reported by CNN.

The governor’s sentiment appears to be a veiled jab at Trump, who regularly airs grievances about the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to President Biden.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3953295-kemp-urges-republicans-not-to-look-in-the-rearview-mirror-in-2024-race/

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[not fooled]

1. GA vote suppressor wants to run for president.

We see you, brian "I'm not as overtly evil and therefore the more electable alternative to red don" kemp.

[oldsoftie]

5. Didnt work too well; GA had record past turnout 3 elections

FAR surpassing any previous election. And with trumps "help", the US Senate.

[not fooled]

12. See this

[link:https://www.gregpalast.com/record-turnout-in-georgia-my-a/|]

Record Turnout in Georgia?? MY A**!

by Greg Palastfor TruthdigDecember 15, 2022

A one-million-vote nose-dive in turnout was well-concealed by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp to cover up the effects of “Jim Crow 2.O” at the launch his presidential campaign.

[Dec 14, 2022: Atlanta, GA] From the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal, math-challenged reporters have repeated the completely upside-down fable of a “record turnout” in the Georgia Senate runoff.

Record turnout? My ass! The official count, tucked away in the Georgia Secretary of State’s files, shows the turnout fell by a breathtaking one-million votes.

Facts matter. The faux “record turnout” is used by Republican pols to discredit the grossly partisan and racially poisonous effects of SB202, the law signed last year by Georgia’s Gov. Brian Kemp that the NAACP dubs “Jim Crow 2.0.” It has become the model for vote suppression legislation already marching into legislatures from Texas to Wisconsin.

[oldsoftie]

16. Im talking about general elections. Walker was a disaster candidate

I'm surprised THAT many turned out; I even know republicans who skipped that vote after hearing Walkers speeches.

[Polybius]

18. Do you think Stacey Abrams would have won had it not been for SB202?

Just curious.

[SouthernDem4ever]

30. Two things hurt Abrams

SB202 and not enough of a good campaign.

[PatSeg]

7. Yeah, that's how I took it as well

Lots of luck with that Brian.

[Walleye]

2. Women aren't going to forget what you've done, Republican Party

[CaptainTruth]

4. +1000

[Beartracks]

22. Exactly this. "We're going to pretend we haven't done horrible things..."

... so hopefully you'll forget and elect us, and we can do them all again."

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[oldsoftie]

3. I believe Kemp will run against Osoff in 2026.

People "in the know" say we should hear what he says about trump in private. I can imagine.

[truthisfreedom]

6. White repuke males: pretend like it never happened

Just run from your past! Never stop running away from what you’ve done!

[speak easy]

8. Objects in the rearview mirror ...

[robbob]

9. Are closer then they appear?

😂 Yeah, no kidding. He’s conveniently ignoring the fact that ‘Rump is still the front runner for the nomination.

[oldsoftie]

17. "Are crazier than they appear". nt

[Marthe48]

10. well dick

you aren't going to win anything since your crap party hijacked women's rights. I hope that the loss of abortion rights will cross all gerrymandered districts and all of the people who hate your r guts vote and hand your repressive, regressive party their ass. GOTV

[keithbvadu2]

11. So, you'll not be mentioning Obama or Hillary ever again?

[SouthernDem4ever]

13. Meaning don't learn from your past mistakes...

keep doing the same shit over and over.

[Major Nikon]

14. Are these people really so incredibly simple they need everything broken down into silly analogies?

It's as if they are always talking to their constituency in a language more appropriate to a 5 year old.

[Aristus]

19. It's the South.

Down home, if you don’t make a football analogy at least once a day, you get your Southern card revoked.

[SouthernDem4ever]

27. So what is Ohio's excuse?

Not that I completely disagree with you, I am just wondering how you would categorize them?

[Major Nikon]

28. The same way if they are doing the same thing

An analogy thrown around here or there isn't a problem. It's when you are conditioning people to think exclusively with them that's the problem

[SouthernDem4ever]

29. I don't know that's why I asked

You can throw in Indiana too.

[Martin68]

20. MAGAts are stuck in the mirror. They see nothing but what they expect to see.

They hear nothing but the endless echo chamber of Fox propaganda. They want revenge for "crimes" that didn't occur, are angry about "fraud" that didn't take place (except on their own side), and refuse to see the bottomless fraud and corruption of their own political leaders. They are ostriches with their heads stuck in a pit of shit generated by people who use them for their own profit.

[ThoughtCriminal]

21. When the GOP looks forward

They may see the brick wall, but still be unaware that beyond that wall the is a cliff, and a black hole at the bottom of the cliff.

[BaronChocula]

23. Yeah goppers! Focus on criminalizing women's health

There's your winning hand for 2024. Personally, I can't wait!

[Wonder Why]

24. Don't look back - or you'll see the freight train of Justice coming after you.

[usonian]

25. The GOP is nothing but the past.

Staging a rematch of the civil war, cuz THEY'RE RACIST TO THE CORE. And a boatload of other demonic traits. You know the list. Starts with misogyny.

[dchill]

26. "Ignore all evidence to the contrary and forge blindly ahead!"