Kemp’s Tort Reform Push and Trump Alignment Raise Questions in Georgia

Dur­ing Biden’s admin­is­tra­tion, Geor­gia Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp sus­pend­ed the state gas tax (29 cents/gallon) before the 2024 pri­maries, a move seen as self-serv­ing. Now chair­man of the Repub­li­can Gov­er­nors Asso­ci­a­tion and a Coun­cil of Gov­er­nors mem­ber, Kemp, who didn’t vote in the pri­maries and whose wife Mar­ty with­held sup­port from Trump, is now align­ing with the Pres­i­dent, hint­ing at a polit­i­cal deal. Kemp’s focus is on a tort reform bill (SB68), a com­plex civ­il lit­i­ga­tion over­haul vote is sched­uled  today, which he cham­pi­ons passionately—unlike his stance on immigration—despite ongo­ing state safe­ty con­cerns like the mur­ders of Lak­en Riley and Ros­ali­na, and ille­gal immi­gra­tion issues. Crit­ics ques­tion his pri­or­i­ties and the ben­e­fits of his Trump align­ment.

• In GA dur­ing the Biden admin­is­tra­tion, Gov Kemp remem­bered the state gas tax about .29 cents a gal­lon. That was before the pri­ma­ry, before the 2024 elec­tion and would have ben­e­fit­ed the gov­er­nor him­self. Bri­an Kemp is the chair­man of the repub­li­can gov­er­nors asso­ci­a­tion. He is in DC. Kemp said he didn’t vote in the pri­ma­ry and Mar­ty said that Trump hasn’t earned her vote.. Now they are work­ing with him. What kind of deal was made? Were they say­ing that it is a ben­e­fit to us? 
• 10 gov­er­nors were select­ed to serve a 2 year term for the coun­cil of gov­er­nors. Kemp was elect­ed. Then Kemp post­ed a favor­able post on Trump. Say­ing repub­li­cans gov­er­nors are ready to work along­side Pres­i­dent Trump. Safe Com­mu­ni­ties… would that be Athens where Lak­en Riley was killed, or in Cher­ry Log were Ros­ali­na was chopped up in a rental cab­in, or the bus loads of ille­gals that were bussed through the state and the ille­gals that were flown into Atlanta. 
• Kemp has a tort reform bill. Today the vote on 3 bills includ­ing the civ­il lit­i­ga­tion over­haul. The legal-eze in these bills are hard to com­pre­hend. What is impor­tant is the impor­tance of this bill, noth­ing on immi­gra­tion. No has he ever been so pas­sion­ate about a bill as he is this one.. It is con­cern­ing around the state.