Trump Is Set To Appear With Rival In Georgia

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and President Trump are set to meet up together in their first appearance together since 2020.

Kemp and Trump are scheduled to receive a briefing together on Friday on Hurricane Helene’s destruction in the Peach State.

Trump will later give remarks in Evans, Georgia.

Previously, Trump and Kemp had a dispute after Kemp refused to address alleged election fraud in Georgia.

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Check out what ABC News reported:

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and former President Donald Trump will appear together for the first time since 2020 as Trump makes his second stop to the state this week to survey Hurricane Helene’s impact on the state.

On Friday, Trump and Kemp are expected to receive a briefing on Hurricane Helene’s devastation before delivering remarks to the press in Evans, Georgia. More than 200 people have been killed from Hurricane Helene, which unleashed devastation across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.

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The joint appearance comes after Trump’s visit earlier in the week, when he injected politics into his day and falsely claimed that Kemp was unable to reach President Joe Biden about federal assistance, even though earlier in the day Kemp confirmed he spoke with the president.

While Friday’s remarks are not a campaign event, it is notable that the state’s popular Republican governor will appear with Trump after opting not to join Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris during their visits to the state earlier this week.

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Per Politico:

Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will receive a briefing on hurricane destruction in the battleground state on Friday — the first joint appearance by the two men since 2020.

Trump, who spent much of the last four years denigrating Kemp for not helping him overturn Trump’s loss in Georgia during the last presidential election, changed his tune in recent months as the current race for president became increasingly close.

The two men are scheduled to visit Evans, Georgia, on Friday afternoon to be briefed on damage and to “deliver remarks to the press,” according to Trump’s campaign. But the event is not being billed as a campaign appearance, and officials in Columbia County invited both men to attend the briefing, according to a person with knowledge of the appearance, granted anonymity to speak freely.

On Monday, Trump traveled to Valdosta, Georgia, while Kemp toured damage elsewhere in the state. While there, Trump falsely stated that Kemp had been unable to get President Joe Biden on the phone and that the federal government was not providing assistance to the state, though Kemp said otherwise.