“Gov. Brian Kemp’s footing might be firmer among fellow Republicans, but he still has plenty of work to do to shore up the grassroots GOP base. That’s the takeaway from a round of GOP meetings in recent days that saw Kemp get a standing ovation at a Cobb County GOP breakfast, but also receive overwhelming votes by GOP activists in Murray and Whitfield counties to censure the first-term Republican. The North Georgia Republicans say Kemp ‘stood by and did nothing’ to help then-President Donald Trump overturn his election defeat. ‘Governor Kemp’s inaction angered Republican voters, many of whom refused to vote in the January 5th runoff and Kemp helped cost the Republicans two Senate seats,’ read the Whitfield resolution. There were also votes to censure Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan for his refusal to preside over the state Senate during a vote on sweeping voting restrictions, and another calling for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to resign.”

“‘Raffensperger and his subordinates frequently gave media interviews that criticized and undermined the efforts of President Trump and the Georgia Republican Party fighting election fraud,’ read the Whitfield resolution. (Your daily reminder that there was no evidence of widespread election fraud and that Georgia’s election results were upheld by three separate tallies.) These are the first of what are likely to be many resolutions adopted by local GOP activists expressing their displeasure with Kemp and other state officials. The governor’s critics have distributed sample language to local officials across the state” – Atlanta Journal-Constitution.