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New York Times reported Democrats in Georgia 'increasingly
pessimistic' about Abrams' chances of defeating Kemp

EXCLUSIVE: Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp argued Wednesday
that a New York Times story published earlier in the day
concerning Democrats' fretting over the alleged struggles of
Stacey Abrams' campaign was a sign that the Democratic
gubernatorial nominee is losing support from her party's base.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Kemp suggested
the unnamed Democrats in The Times story chose to remain
anonymous because they were scared of being "canceled," and that
Abrams' status as a leader of her party was starting to
"fracture."

"I think it's because she's been spending so much time out of
the state over the last, really, three years. I mean, she's
built all these bridges that she's got from high-wealth people
out in California, and up in New York, and in Washington, D.C.,
and she's raising literally millions, if not tens of millions,
of dollars from those folks," Kemp said when asked about those
Democrats expressing alarm over the state of the Georgia
governor race.

"It's easy pickings for her, but they don't have our values.
They don't share the values that Georgians share, and I think
she's kind of lost touch with that, and I think her base is
realizing that," he added.

According to The Times, Democrats in Georgia have grown
"increasingly pessimistic" about Abrams' chances of defeating
Kemp, citing "her struggles to rally key parts of her party’s
coalition and her inability to appeal to a slice of moderate
Republican voters who can decide the state’s elections," as
shown comparing her polling to a fellow Democrat running for re-
election in the state, Sen. Raphael Warnock.

More than two dozen Democratic officials reportedly spoke to The
Times, but asked to remain anonymous as they shared that
multiple Democrat county officials and community leaders had
privately expressed their concern to Abrams' campaign that it
was underestimating Kemp's strength and hadn't reached out to
key constituencies.

"I guess they don't want to get canceled or get pressured, I
mean that's what Stacey Abrams is known for," Kemp said when
asked why he thought those concerned Democrats wished to remain
anonymous.

"She did that with Major League Baseball when we passed the
Election Integrity Act and got them to move the all-star game,
she's done it to corporate CEOs," he added, referencing the
MLB's decision to move the all-star game from Atlanta after the
state passed a law aimed at combating voter fraud. Abrams had
rallied Democrats nationwide against the bill, calling it an
attempt at voter suppression and labeling it "Jim Crow 2.0."

"I think people, quite honestly, are worried about her calling
them out or taking retribution because she has, in some ways,
been the leader of the party. But I think that's starting to
fracture now," Kemp said.

He went on to predict that nontraditional Republican voters
would look at his record on the economy, specifically keeping it
open throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and would opt to
support him over Abrams, whom he said stood with those seeking
to keep schools and businesses closed.

"I think those voters are looking for another option. They're
looking for somebody that's fought for them over the last two or
three years. And they've seen that in myself, whether it's
standing up and doing something about violent crime and street
racing, and supporting men and women in law enforcement versus
her view and ideas and her own words of wanting to defund the
police," Kemp said.

"I just don't think, even for a lot of African Americans and
minority voters in our state, that's not where they are, and I
think she's lost touch with that," he added.

Fox News Digital's Power Rankings rate Georgia's gubernatorial
election as a "toss up."

Fox News Digital reached out to Abrams' campaign for comment on
The New York Times story but did not receive an immediate
response.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-georgia-gov-brian- kemp-says-new-york-times-story-shows-stacey-abrams-losing-
support-her-base

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