Tuesday’s Republican primaries did not go as Trump had hoped | Lloyd Green

Some of the Trump-endorsed candidates won. But for the most part it seems like his sway in 2022 may have peaked

On Tuesday, Georgia's Republicans delivered a beat-down to Donald Trump. Across the board, they rejected his picks for state office. Governor Brian Kemp and attorney general Chris Carr, both incumbents, each grabbed more than 73% of the primary vote. Meanwhile, Brad Raffensperger, Trump's bete noire and Georgia's secretary of state, escaped a runoff as he cleared the crucial 50% mark.

In the aftermath of the 2020 election, the trio collectively refused to find" 11,780 votes for Trump. Instead, they defended the verdict of Georgia's voters, accepted Joe Biden's win and earned Trump's wrath. Now, less than two years later, they reminded Trump that he was merely an influential bystander to comings and goings in the Peach state.

Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York. He was opposition research counsel to George HW Bush's 1988 campaign and served in the Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992