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GOP candidates in Georgia split over Trump’s election lies

By BILL BARROW and JEFF AMY
Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — The shadow of Donald Trump’s tampering with the 2020 election in Georgia lands differently for the various Republicans running for office in 2022. Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has little choice but to defend his decision to defy the former president. Burt Jones, a lieutenant governor hopeful who signed on as a fake elector for Trump, must defend his role. But the Georgia GOP’s headliner candidates don’t say much about Trump at all. Gov. Brian Kemp is spared having to testify before a grand jury about 2020 until after the Nov. 8 elections. Senate nominee Herschel Walker insists he doesn’t think much about Trump, his close friend and key supporter.

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