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Politically Georgia: Did Donald Trump’s visit to Georgia change anything?

March 26, 2022 Commerce - Former former President Donald Trump dances as he leaves the stage uring a rally for Georgia GOP candidates at Banks County Dragway in Commerce on Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

March 26, 2022 Commerce - Former former President Donald Trump dances as he leaves the stage uring a rally for Georgia GOP candidates at Banks County Dragway in Commerce on Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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March 29, 2022

Former President Donald Trump launched a new round of scathing attacks at Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday. But did the rally before a smaller than usual crowd help David Perdue?

In a special Tuesday edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy take a deep dive into what was said in Commerce. Our team digs into why Georgia is the biggest test of Trump’s influence, how Perdue is taking his complaints about the 2020 election one step further, and why Herschel Walker is taking a different approach.

Plus we take the temperature of Trump supporters to see how much impact his endorsements will have.

Listen and subscribe to our podcast for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher.

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Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter.

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Patricia Murphy is the AJC's senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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