Former President Donald Trump has no second thoughts about attacking Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and his family because he is convinced he's got the state in the bag and doesn't need the help of politicians on the ground to win it.
That's according to Erin Perrine, former communications strategist for the Trump 2020 campaign, who told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday that if that assessment changes, it could be a different story.
"We were told that he, that he — the horrible assassination attempt on his life had changed him and he had — he was a person and he was pivoting to this new person, and that does not sounds like a pivot," said Tapper.
Perrine agreed.
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"This sounds like the Donald Trump we've all grown to know over the years, and his team really did lean in aggressively at the convention saying this is different. And I can tell you having been there, it did feel different. Sure. In those days leading up to the speech and in the first part of his speech."
"But at this point, Trump probably feels internally like he's good in Georgia," Perrine continued. "He holds grudges, he holds grievances."
And in Trump's book, she added, "until there's a reason to have a reconciliation, he's not going to until he feels like he probably needs something from Kemp. He's not going to lean into saying anything nice about him."
"But let's be clear, Georgia is a state they need to be putting in the resources into and be paying attention and get that ground game moving, because this election is coming up faster than they know, and that's going to be a competitive state," she said.
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