Pence Renews White House Embrace for Georgia’s Insurgent Running for Governor
MACON, Ga. — By touting the family values and conservative leadership of Brian Kemp at a Saturday rally, Vice President Mike Pence provided the insurgent candidate for governor in Georgia his second endorsement from the White House in four days.
President Trump surprised some Republican officials on Wednesday by publicly supporting Mr. Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of state, in his upcoming primary runoff against Casey Cagle, the state’s lieutenant governor. And since then, Mr. Kemp has doubled down on his pledge to be a “politically incorrect” governor, playing up the gun-toting, truck-driving, Everyman image that some party leaders worry could cost them the general election.
