Georgia Democrats continued to feel the love from big names in blue politics across the country Tuesday during the second day of the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker dropped by the Georgia delegation breakfast alongside fellow Midwestern Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who took the podium with a jab at Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was with your U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock earlier, what a great speech you gave yesterday, yes? And I thought, \u2018You know, Georgia needs a good governor,\u2019 until you get one, I\u2019m going to just show up for you,\u201d Whitmer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to the Georgia delegation at the DNC. Ross Williams\/Georgia Recorder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is no question, your state and my state are going to make the biggest difference in this election, right?\u201d she added. \u201cThere are a handful of others, but what happens in Georgia, what happens in Michigan is going to impact the whole rest of the country and as this country goes, so goes the globe. So no pressure, but the whole world is relying on you, Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Georgia, with 16 electoral votes, and Michigan, with 15, are among seven key swing states expected to help determine the outcome of the election. A New York Times\/Sienna College poll released ahead of the DNC found Republican former President Donald Trump leading in Georgia with 47% of the vote, with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris tallying 41% and 5% for independent Robert Kennedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not too long ago, Georgia was considered a red state, but President Joe Biden\u2019s narrow 2020 victory validated Democrats\u2019 claims that the state had turned purple, as did the statewide wins of Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. The shift came on the back of years of young, diverse voters moving to Atlanta and its suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou all have a lot to teach the rest of us,\u201d Pritzker told the crowd of delegates. \u201cYou know, in a red state, how to fight and how to win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks to the Georgia delegation at the DNC. Ross Williams\/Georgia Recorder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whitmer said her state could be a model for Georgia moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy friends from red states, I always want to point out that up until 2022, Michigan was in that category too,\u201d she said. \u201cUp until 2022, until we started showing up in every part of the state, engaging every person, no matter how red their county was or not, until we did that, we were in the minority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said her state provides a model Georgia Democrats would rather avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFlorida was obviously a little bit more purple in recent elections, and we\u2019re scratching and clawing to get back to that place,\u201d she said. \u201cBut thank you for at least redeeming us and replacing us and winning in the last election this incredible state. I have a special place in my heart for the state of Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Florida, once the nation\u2019s foremost swing state, has become a Republican stronghold in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCivil rights, voting rights, LGBTQ plus rights, women\u2019s reproductive rights, they\u2019re all on the line,\u201d Schultz said. \u201cNow Florida and Georgia, we are almost like twins on those issues because we know what the extreme American Republicans have in store for America. Like Florida, right-wing extremists use your much beloved state as a testing ground for Project 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Project 2025 is the blueprint created by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation to reshape the federal government under a Republican administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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