Fat former President Trump has effectively abandoned his endorsed Georgia Republican governor primary candidate David Perdue and will not be returning to the state for another rally ahead of the Tuesday primary, NBC News reports. Perdue himself has pretty much thrown in the towel, with his campaign going dark on the airwaves since earlier this month. “David either has a bunch of geniuses working for him – because he’s basically spent no money – or he’s run the most flawed campaign in America,” said a Trump minion, who added the loser former one-term Senator has at least an outside chance of forcing a runoff against incumbent Republican Gov Brian Kemp, who led Perdue by a crushing 32 points in the latest Fox News poll of the race. Sarah Palin’s in Georgia on Friday to rally for Perdue though. That could sort of maybe kind of help turn things around.

“At the end of the day, Donald Trump doesn’t care about David Perdue winning. He just cared about Brian Kemp losing,” said Republican Lt Gov Geoff Duncan, who gave up on reelection after Trump fans threatened his family for defending the 2020 election. “And that was a very shallow attempt at trying to unseat a perfectly fit conservative governor.” Attorney General Chris Carr also appears likely to win outright against his Trump-backed challenger on Tuesday despite Carr’s similar refusal to buy into the “Stop the Steal” bullshit. So does state Insurance Commissioner John King, whom Donald also endorsed a MAGA primary challenger to run against for some fucking reason.

Georgia MAGA World Public Enemy #1 Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger faces a narrower path against Trump-backed challenger Congressman Jody Hice however. Politico reports that while it appears likely Raffy will make it to a runoff against a chode so enthralled by the Orange Pharaoh that he’d throw away his safe seat in Congress to run for some administrative post, he shouldn’t be so confident about his prospects once it’s a one-on-one. It’s a safe bet the Donald will bring the heat and fire up some rallies for Hice’s low-energy campaign, driving MAGA turnout in what could be a single statewide runoff primary election in which the more normal-ish Republicans would be less likely to get to the polls. Raffensperger’s best hope to make it to November actually lies with Perdue being able to make it to a runoff and keeping Kemp on the ticket. Whatever happens, the winners of the GOP governor and Secretary of State primaries should be ready for a hell of a fight from Dems Stacy Abrams and State Rep Bee Nguyen, respectively.