Trump returning to Georgia to campaign with David Perdue, Herschel Walker

FIRST ON FOX: Former President Donald Trump is returning to the essential battleground state of Georgia in two weeks, to carry a campaign-style rally.

Fox Information has discovered that the occasion might be held on Saturday, March 26, in Commerce, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta.

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Becoming a member of Trump on the rally might be former Sen. David Perdue, who’s backed by the previous president as he major challenges Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. Perdue at the moment trails the conservative governor within the newest public opinion surveys – together with a Fox Information ballot carried out March 2-6 and launched on Tuesday that signifies Kemp main Perdue by 11 factors amongst Republicans prone to vote within the Could major – and within the struggle for fundraising.

The journey by Trump might be his first to Georgia since Sept. 25, when he held a big rally in Perry, Georgia.

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4 years in the past, with the assist of Trump, Kemp narrowly defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams to win the governorship. However Kemp earned Trump’s ire beginning in late 2020, after he licensed now President Biden’s slender victory in Georgia within the presidential election, following two recounts of the vote. Trump, who had unsuccessfully urged the governor and different prime Republican officers within the state to overturn the outcomes, has repeatedly vowed to return to Georgia to marketing campaign towards Kemp. Trump for months urged Perdue to major problem the governor, and late final yr he endorsed Perdue a day after the previous senator launched his bid.

Donald Trump Jr, the previous president’s eldest little one, teamed up with Perdue on the marketing campaign path on Monday with stops in Cumming and Tifton. And Fox Information confirmed earlier this week that Perdue will be part of Trump on the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Seashore, Florida, on March 16 for a fundraiser.

“I’m proud to have President Donald Trump’s endorsement and stay up for welcoming him again to Georgia to rally assist for our marketing campaign,” Perdue instructed Fox Information.

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Additionally scheduled to look on the March 26 rally with Trump is former skilled and faculty soccer star working again Herschel Walker, the clear front-runner on this yr’s GOP Senate major in Georgia. The Fox Information ballot indicated Walker at 66% assist amongst seemingly Republican major voters, together with his rivals for the nomination all within the single digits. 

Former President Donald Trump listens as Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks throughout his Save America rally in Perry, Ga., on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021.
(AP Picture/Ben Grey)

Walker, who gained a Heisman Trophy and helped propel the College of Georgia to a nationwide championship 4 many years in the past, was inspired by Trump for months final yr to run within the race to problem Democratic freshman Sen. Raphael Warnock. And Walker was endorsed by the previous president quickly after leaping into the race within the late summer time. 

Georgia’s Senate race is one in every of a handful of contests in November’s midterms that might determine whether or not the Republicans win again the bulk within the chamber.

Trump holds a marketing campaign model rally this Saturday in Florence, South Carolina.