Thread by @donwill94062871

Don't forget that @BrianKempGA divorced himself from the @GaRepublicans in his race. Which never made sense. And on a local level, I can tell you that his absence made a difference. I live in Cobb. Kemp didn't want to have anything to do with @cobbgop
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https://twitter.com/C4CEO/status/1607915879735652353

I am going to spill some tea here.

Let's go back to 2020.
@JasonShepherd signed onto the Sidney Powell lawsuit.
At the time we had high trust with Sidney, and we now know that that case was garbage. He didn't sign onto the Trump case. Why?
That case was considered the best
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In the nation. It was NEVER given hearing. Thus, the famous "phone call" that Fanni Willis is "investigating" @DavidShafer put his name on the line.
Fast forward to the 2021 Convention. @JasonShepherd challenged @DavidShafer for chair of the Ga Gop. Full disclosure..
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I voted for neither in that election..
The majority of the @cobbgop did not vote for Jason either, and he has seemed to hold a grudge since then. He runs to the press at every single opportunity to bad mouth current leadership. Which is a shame.
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Not only did he encourage his followers to NOT participate in the @cobbgop he encouraged them to seek other options. Especially after the Cobb GOP censured @GovKemp in the fall of 2021. Why was he censured? Because he didn't fulfill his promise on immigration.
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Since that censure, the GA GOPe, including Jason and Gov Kemp refused to work with our county. Gov Kemp even went so far as to say he wouldn't work with the GA GOP in his reelection bid. No coordination. No working together

What was the cost of that decision?
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We were told that the new redistricting would ensure that Cobb would have majority GOP representation at state level. That didn't happen. Kemp had no coattails in Cobb.
When the former Cobb GOP Chair runs to the press to badmouth the current GOP chair, it has an effect.,
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When the Governor refuses to coordinate appearances with the local GOP it has a shaping effect.
When the Governor refuses to campaign with Herschel in Cobb it has an effect.
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For goodness sakes, the night before the November election they had rallies less than a mile apart and less than an hour apart and didn't appear on stage together. That sends a message.
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I keep going back to the November numbers

For Kemp- 100k less than what turned out in the runoff in 2021. That is the difference for Herschel

Mitch tasked Kemp to turnout voters for Herschel in the runoff. BC of his "data op"

Spilling tea here,

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500k new voters have registered since 2018. Kemp won by less than 20k over 2018. That is a big differential. A lot of people stayed home.

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They didn't think he would win. Multiple convos before during and after confirm this. I was given "data" for my precinct the Sat b4 the election to reach out to voters that had NOT voted early. Everyone I reached out to HAD already voted early.
Compare that to the Ds data.
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They knew who to target in real time that had not voted. I was told that we had "lag time" in our data. That is not acceptable

So, Why do I amplify this?

There is a Uniparty at play.

We know it is national. But we also know it is statewide as well. Kemp is NOT a hero.
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They also thought they had a chance against Sanford Bishop. The largest lag between 2018 and 2022 was in his district. Psst. Guess who came to GA in 2018 to get out the vote the weekend before the election. Also in the mountains before the 2021 vote,,,
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They ALL wanted him to stay away in 2022.

Circling back to the original tweet in the thread.
Kemp didn't win Cobb County. We increased his margin, but he had zero coattails. He chose not to campaign with solid challengers and instead went for status quo.

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So many other anecdotal references to document I will if the GA GOPe keeps pushing.

I say all of this to say. @DavidShafer @gingerhoward7 @GJasonThompson please keep these facts in mind as you make your decision to vote for the new @GOPChairwoman
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@threadreaderapp unroll please