Political Rewind: A Grassroots Rebuke Of Gov. Kemp Ahead Of 2022; Rep. Greene's Newest Controversy

Published: April 19, 2021, 3 p.m.

Monday on Political Rewind: A\xa0number of county GOP organizations voted to censure Gov. Brian Kemp this weekend for his refusal to support lies\xa0about\xa0Georgia\u2019s election results. Following this rebuke from grassroots Republican forces in the state, how vulnerable is he to a Republican primary challenge in the upcoming 2022 gubernatorial election?\n\nAlso, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is making national headlines again. The controversial congresswoman announced a new House caucus calling for "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions." Greene\u2019s office said\xa0she did not sign off on the\xa0language, but is it far from the views she\xa0has long\xa0expressed?\n\nPlus, a\xa0new study offers further evidence that Georgia\u2019s\xa0partisan political\xa0landscape remains a light shade of purple.\xa0The well-respected Cook Report analyzed partisan swing in hundreds of districts following the 2020 election. Notably, congresswoman Lucy McBath\u2019s reelection in the 6th\xa0congressional district represented the biggest swing from red to blue of any congressional district in the country.\n\nMeanwhile, two districts won by Democrats\xa0in the election showed a swing toward\xa0the Republican party, according to Cook.\xa0Our panel looked\xa0at the data.\xa0\n\nPanelists:\n\nDr. Andra Gillespie \u2014 Professor of Political Science and Director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at Emory University\n\nDr. Amy Steigerwalt \u2014 Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University\n\nDr. Karen Owen \u2014 Professor of Political Science, University of West Georgia\n\nJim Galloway \u2014 Retired Columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution