Photos: GOP candidates make their pitch at The Gathering

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Photos: GOP candidates make their pitch at The Gathering

Former U.N. ambassador and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis leaps from the stage to speak with attendees at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Former vice president and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence speaks to WSB radio host Erick Erickson at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, speaks to WSB radio host Erick Erickson at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Gov. Brian Kemp, holding a pencil as a prop, speaks to WSB radio host Erick Erickson at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Former US Sen. Kelly Loeffler speaks at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Attendees applaud at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

People appear at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Former U.N. ambassador and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley (right) speaks with WSB radio host Erick Erickson at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Former vice president and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence (right) speaks to WSB radio host Erick Erickson at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks to WSB radio host Erick Erickson at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Attendees listen to Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Gov. Brian Kemp (right) speaks to WSB radio host Erick Erickson at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, speaks to WSB radio host Erick Erickson at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

WSB radio host Erick Erickson hosts The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Former US Sen. Kelly Loeffler (right) speaks to WSB radio host Erick Erickson The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (right) walks on stage and greets WSB radio host Erick Erickson at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Former U.N. ambassador and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at The Gathering conservative political conference in Buckhead on Friday, August 18, 2023. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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