The Republican leaders were briefed on Hurricane Helene’s impacts in Georgia.
Former President Donald Trump made his first appearance with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in four years on Oct. 4 as they surveyed the damage left by Hurricane Helene in the battleground state.
The Republican leaders, at odds until recently, received an afternoon briefing from local officials in Evans before delivering remarks at a press conference.
Trump, asked about the state of his relationship with the governor, said: “It’s great.”
Prior to the 2020 election, the pair seemed to have a good rapport, with Trump publicly backing Kemp’s bid for governor. The relationship soured when Kemp declined to support Trump when he questioned the integrity of the 2020 election and its results in battleground states across the country, including Georgia.
Waving off a reporter’s reminder of that tiff, the former president repeated, “No, no, no, it’s great. No, we work together. We’ve always worked together very well—very well. Really.”
Trump stopped in Georgia hours before he was slated to speak at a town hall in Fayetteville, North Carolina—another state decimated by Helene.
The storm…
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