Georgia Governor Brian Kemp just told Donald Trump to get lost
On Saturday morning, Donald Trump called Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and asked him to convene a legislative special session to reassign the state’s electoral votes from Joe Biden to Trump. At the time, Kemp responded by leaking the conversation to the media – a de facto confirmation that Kemp wasn’t willing to play ball.
Then on Sunday night, Governor Kemp and Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor have jointly released a formal statement, confirming that no special session will be called. Their reasoning echoes what legal experts everywhere have already confirmed: doing so would be against state law, federal, law, and the Constitution.
This is why state legislature antics were never going to have any chance of succeeding; the courts would automatically overturn any such antics. But it’s good that Kemp isn’t even willing to try such a stunt.
