Loeffler appears headed for the U.S. Senate. Photo: Marcus Ingram/Getty Images It's possible, I suppose, that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has cut some sort of deal with the White House to get POTUS to go along with the selection of WNBA executive and all-around moneybags Kelly Loeffler to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated at year's end by Johnny Isakson. But if not, then when Kemp announces Loeffler as his choice at a planned Wednesday morning presser , he will be courting some serious MAGA/right-wing blowback. For a while now, Trump and various allies have been publicly and privately lobbying Kemp to give the coveted Senate seat to congressman Doug Collins, the president's designated pit bull on the House Judiciary Committee and a favorite of hard-core conservatives. It also seemed that two very powerful Trump friends in Georgia, Senator David Perdue and his cousin, USDA Secretary (and former two-term governor) Sonny Perdue, might also be in Collins's corner . Once word got out that Kemp was inclined to go with Loeffler instead, things got a little sticky. He took Loeffler to a secret White House meeting with Trump, which did not seem to go all that well . And then… Read full this story
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