Opinion | Maintain Georgia Sincere and Principled

Over the previous 4 years, Gov. Kemp has offered sturdy management in difficult instances. We don’t strategy each challenge the identical method, however I respect that he shoots straight, listens to his constituents and places their wants first.

As a result of he’s that sort of chief, Gov. Kemp has confronted ridiculous and dishonest assaults from former President Trump just because he upheld the desire of Georgians within the 2020 election. Gov. Kemp is a robust conservative and was a Trump supporter. His solely sin was following his constitutional responsibility and refusing to misinform the folks of his state.

Mr. Perdue, a former senator, was recruited by Mr. Trump to oppose Gov. Kemp. He might have been a fighter for Georgians, however on this race, Mr. Perdue is operating for an viewers of 1: Donald Trump.

Gov. Kemp seems prone to defeat this problem within the Republican main, however Mr. Perdue isn’t the one election denier on this race. The possible Democratic nominee, Stacey Abrams, pioneered the follow. In 2018, two years earlier than President Trump tried to overturn his election loss, Ms. Abrams known as her personal resounding loss in Georgia’s governors race (by greater than 50,000 votes) “rigged,” vowing “we’ll by no means concede.”

Whereas Democrats rightly decry Mr. Trump’s refusal to confess actuality and concede the election, lots of them applaud Ms. Abrams for doing the identical factor. Her bogus claims have been amplified within the mainstream media and the Democratic Social gathering from Capitol Hill to senior ranges of the White Home. Although her presentation could also be slicker than the previous president’s and her phrases might not be as crass, the affect is similar: undermining religion in elections.

The vitriol from the far left and much proper obscures the bigger fact that the extremes of each events have extra in frequent than they’d care to confess. Nowhere is that this clearer than Georgia. The Abrams and Perdue campaigns might not be keen on one another, however they begin from the identical harmful premises. They each consider politicians know higher than the folks, not less than when their facet is in cost. Each undermine our democratic processes once they don’t serve their very own pursuits. Each care extra about controlling a celebration than they do about governing or really fixing critical issues.

America’s future is determined by sincere leaders who acknowledge that the workplace they maintain is greater than themselves. If David Perdue and Stacey Abrams have been to prevail in Georgia, then extra self-serving politicians can be emboldened throughout the nation. This isn’t in regards to the distinction between proper and left. That is in regards to the distinction between proper and mistaken.

Mr. Hogan, a Republican, is governor of Maryland.