The Georgia Hour, episode 125: Is Brian Kemp Sabotaging Trump’s Plan to Flip Georgia?

Uncov­er the con­tro­ver­sy sur­round­ing Geor­gia Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp’s endorse­ment of Derek Doo­ley for the 2026 U.S. Sen­ate race, a move that sparked out­rage among MAGA sup­port­ers. Explore alle­ga­tions of Kemp’s rift with Trump, his ties to the Doo­ley fam­i­ly, and the fall­out from John King’s with­draw­al. Learn about the Frost family’s $140M Ponzi scheme, its impact on Geor­gia pol­i­tics, and why GOP Chair­man Josh McK­oon faces scruti­ny. Get the lat­est on Mike Collins, Bud­dy Carter, and the bat­tle for Georgia’s polit­i­cal future.

• Did you real­ly think that Bri­an Kemp would do the right thing when it comes to the base. Why do you think there has been zero effort to real­ly uni­fy the base? Do you think the chair­man of the GOP, Josh McK­oon, has known for some time to leave the base behind and bring a new plan? Do you think it was over when Trump and Kemp made the deal? Did you real­ly think that Trump for­gave Kemp for being com­plic­it in steal­ing the 2020 elec­tion in Geor­gia. 
• Do you know Derek Doo­ley? Do you know Vince Doo­ley? Kemp has talked Derek Doo­ley into run­ning for Sen­ate. Daniel Doo­ley has a busi­ness relat­ed to a bill that Bri­an Kemp has signed get­ting a lot of mon­ey from the State of Geor­gia. Inter­est­ing that the Doo­ley fam­i­ly is in an inner cir­cle with Bri­an Kemp. We are look­ing to sub­stan­ti­ate the rumors that are swirling around Derek Dooley’s vot­ing record. We hear all ways about vot­ing repub­li­can but if they go out and find a guy that votes for democ­rats and put an R behind his name, they are ok with that. We are look­ing for his vot­ing record. 
• John King pulled out of the Sen­ate race, he is going to go back and run for insur­ance com­mis­sion­er. John King sus­pend­ed his cam­paign after Kemp told him he was throw­ing his sup­port behind Derek Doo­ley. 
• We know about all the meet­ings that Kemp had with John Thune and Tim Scott. We have been told all along about uni­ty and that we are try­ing to find a can­di­date that Trump and Kemp could come togeth­er to endorse. We are told that we are to unite behind our can­di­dates in Geor­gia. At what point did you think that Kemp would back MAGA. Bri­an Kemp has nev­er since 2018 said Thank you to MAGA, the base for get­ting him elect­ed, espe­cial­ly since get­ting booed off the stage after the 2020 elec­tion. 
• Last week Bri­an Kemp went out to Mike Collins and Bud­dy Carter to say not sup­port­ing their cam­paign. Kemp is sup­port­ing Derek Doo­ley. Kemp said to all his donors to stay on the side­lines and he would tell them to get in. Kemp is going to try and get all the cash in to run Derek Doo­ley. If Doo­ley beats Collins in the pri­ma­ry and becomes the nom­i­nee, MAGA will not sup­port Doo­ley. MAGA will turn. Kemp is doing all he can to send Jon Ossoff back to DC and put a demo­c­rat in the gov­er­nor seat. 
• Mike Collins will prob­a­bly get the Trump endorse­ment but he doesn’t need it. 
• The Trump team is pissed off with Kemp over can­di­date pick in the GA sen­ate GOP pri­ma­ry bat­tle. The Trump team has Ossoff as the most vul­ner­a­ble demo­c­rat seek­ing re-elec­tion in the midterm elec­tion. Kemp does not like MAGA. There was an agree­ment between the Trump team and Kemp team to work togeth­er to find a can­di­date that they would all uni­fy behind and take on Ossoff in the Sen­ate race. When Kemp float­ed the name of for­mer U of Tenn foot­ball coach Derek Doo­ley, Trump’s team said to stand down. Kemp went out on his own. 
• They are try­ing to Tom­my Tub­berville, Derek Doo­ley. They think you will pass by the orange that he wears. There is a busi­ness con­flict that Derek’s broth­er was able to take advan­tage of through a bill Bri­an Kemp signed. 
• There is not any oth­er can­di­date in the race for gov­er­nor at this time. Between Chris Carr and Burt Jones. Bri­an Kemp will not sup­port either of these guys. There are rumors of anoth­er can­di­date com­ing out for Gov­er­nor. There are a lot of peo­ple that will sit on the side­line to see how much mon­ey it would take. It will be a spoil­er or some­one Kemp will endorse. Kemp already has a Lt Gov can­di­date. Kemp wants to run every office in GA. 
• Tim Flem­ing is run­ning for SOS, he is Kemp’s can­di­date. Kelvin King enters the SOS race. We will prob­a­bly have Gabe Ster­ling run­ning for SOS. 
• There is a rea­son that Greg Dolezal has not jumped in the race for Lt gov for how bad some of the things that are out there for the Ponzi scheme that he will not be able to over­come. 
• With Mike Collins run­ning for Sen­ate it opens his seat in the 10th dis­trict. State rep­re­sen­ta­tive Hous­ton Gaines will announce he will run for the seat. He already has $1M and has the high­est sup­port from Bri­an Kemp. He will have plen­ty of mon­ey. He will not be the only can­di­date in the race. 
• Bri­an Kemp is even get­ting involved in the may­or’s race in Sandy Springs. Kemp is run­ning every­thing in the state. 
• The Frost fam­i­ly Ponzi scheme, remem­ber Brant V after the $140M Ponzi scheme went and opened a new lend­ing firm. This will not go away. The receiv­er, FBI, and the GA SOS office have an inves­ti­ga­tion right now. WE have the first report from the receiv­er that is very dam­ag­ing. We don’t have a report where Brant V and Jayme Sick­ert are named. The GAGOP hopes that this will just go away. It will not qui­et down. There will be devel­op­ments. 
• The repub­li­cans have a major prob­lem. David Scott is a demo­c­rat Geor­gia mem­ber of con­gress that sits on the com­mit­tee that over­sees the SEC. He has ques­tions for the SEC and demand­ing answers for trans­paren­cy and real account­abil­i­ty. There are 18 ques­tions that con­gress­men are ask­ing the chair­man of the SEC. Soon­er or lat­er you will hear that Brant V will make a deal or will be named. They are inves­ti­gat­ing the fam­i­ly mem­bers. Law­mak­ers are try­ing to run away from this. Josh McK­oon is not run­ning from the Frost fam­i­ly, the rumor is that he is telling every­one to calm down and it will go away. Not one of the frost fam­i­ly mem­bers are asked to resign from the GAGOP.  We already have a demo­c­rat that is say­ing this is a cam­paign issue.