The latest reporting from Punchbowl News outlines the tough position Brian Kemp is in as Donald Trump’s policies negatively impact Georgia. Punchbowl reports that Kemp has stayed silent in the face of Donald Trump’s reckless cuts to programs Georgians rely on. 

KEY QUOTES FROM THE ARTICLE:

• Kemp has largely chosen silence instead. Trump’s cost-cutting plans have taken aim at Georgia universities that rely on NIH grants, but Kemp hasn’t weighed in. When the White House turned down Kemp’s request for additional disaster aid, the governor also didn’t speak out.

• [Sen. Jon] Ossoff has hailed the Inflation Reduction Act’s funding boost to Georgia’s economy. But as Trump seems to unwind the legislation, Kemp isn’t crying foul.

• Another flashpoint in the state is over mass layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In response to the firings, Kemp said “government can stand a little right-sizing.” Ossoff declined to comment and the senator’s team pointed us to Ossoff’s town hall demand for Kemp to oppose the CDC cuts.

• If Kemp jumps in next year’s U.S. Senate race, questions will only intensify about whether he approves of Trump’s actions.