>> WITH LESS THAN 2 MONTHS
LEFT BEFORE THE GEORGIA
PRIMARY. THE BATTLE FOR
GOVERNOR IS REALLY HEATING UP,
BUT IT COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
STILL UPSET OVER GOVERNORS.
BRIAN KEMP'S REFUSAL TO
OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION
RESULTS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT
HAS PICKED FORMER SENATOR
DAVID PERDUE TO CHALLENGE THE
SITTING GOVERNOR AND WHILE A
TRUMP ENDORSEMENT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE ENOUGH TO MAKE PURDUE
THE FAVORITE. IT'S REALLY
UNCLEAR WHETHER IT'S GOING TO
BE ENOUGH TO REALLY PUSH
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. SO
THAT'S GOING TO BRING IN NBC
NEWS SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST
JOHN ALLEN. JOHN, MY LET'S GET
RIGHT TO IT. I GUESS THE BIG
QUESTION HERE IS IS TRUMP'S
ENDORSEMENT OF PURDUE REALLY
ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY WITH
DEMOCRAT STACEY ABRAMS LOOMING
REALLY LARGE IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION.
>> WELL, MORE AND WE JUST
START BY SAYING I HAD THIS
UNEXPECTED PLEASURE ON
THURSDAY. WELL, IT'S AN EXTRA
GORDON TALKED ABOUT 2 HOURS
AND THEN FOUND OUT IT WAS YOUR
ONE MORE AND IT WAS SO GREAT
TO MEET BUT I HOPE HE IS
AWESOME. I MEAN, HE SENT ME SELFIE ACTUALLY OF THIS
SELFIE ACTUALLY OF THIS
ENCOUNTER, WHICH I WAS
>> BUT. YEAH. BUT RATHER HE'S
GOTTEN INVOLVED IN REPUBLICAN
SIDE OF THE RACE WITH PURDUE
BECAUSE.
>> CUP REFUSED TO TRY TO
OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION
PRETTY WAS GONE. ALL IN ON
TRUMP GONE ALL IN ON ELECTION
FOR THEY APPEARED IN COMMERCE,
GEORGIA ON UP TRUMP RALLY
TOGETHER PURDUE AGAIN,
EMBRACING OF THE ELECTION
LAWS. BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO
FAR AS THE COUNT STILL HAS.
WE'D OVER DAVID PERDUE. THE
TRUMP ENDORSEMENT HAS NOT
BEEN. EVERYTHING THAT WAS
TRUMPED UP TO BE.
>> YOU KNOW, WHAT THE VIEWER
IS NOT WHAT YOU DID THERE'S
ABOUT 2 MONTHS LEFT, THOUGH.
SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN
PRIMARIES. THE VERY HARD TO
POLL VERY HARD TO PREDICT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THIS
IS NOT BEEN ANY ONE AWAY FOR
DAVID PERDUE. CHALLENGING
SITTING GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP. I
DO WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH,
ABOUT THE STAKES HERE,
ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN GEORGIA WHO BUT UNDERSTAND
THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT HAPPENED
LAST TIME IN THE GOVERNOR'S
RACE. I MEAN, IF IT BRIAN KEMP
DOES WIN THE MAY PRIMARY. WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN FOR FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POTENTIAL
RUN IN THE FUTURE. I MEAN,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR HIS
CREDIBILITY, FOR HIS
REPUTATION, ESPECIALLY AMONG
HIS BASE.
>> THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY WOULD
BE A HUMILIATING DEFEAT FOR
TRUMP WHO HAS MADE REVENGE
AGAINST BRIAN CUP COME
PRIORITY NUMBER ONE, DURING
THE MIDTERMS FOR HIS OWN
ELECTION. OBVIOUSLY IN A STATE
THAT HE FRAUDULENTLY SAYS HE
WAS DIFFERENT, DIDN'T. AND SO
IT WILL BE HUMILIATING AND
EMBARRASSING. THAT SAID, HE IS
ALSO ENDORSED A BUNCH OF OTHER
CANDIDATES AGAINST A SITTING
OFFICEHOLDERS PEOPLE REMEMBER
SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD
RAFFENSPERGER. HE'S GOT A
TRUMP BACK PRIMARY IN THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WITH THE
SAME THING. FOR TRUMP. THERE'S
A LOT ON THE LINE IN TERMS OF
HIS REPUTATION, IN TERMS OF
HIS ABILITY HOW REPUBLICANS
AND AT THE SAME TIME, IF ANY
OF HIS CHALLENGERS WIN AND I
GET INTO OFFICE. HE'S IN A
STRONGER POSITION.
SYSTEMICALLY.
>> I DO WANT TO ASK WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SYSTEMICALLY JUST BRIEFLY
HERE. I MEAN, CAN ACCORDING TO
THIS RECENT REAL CLEAR
POLITICS POLL IS UP 9 POINTS.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT
SORT OF PULL AVERAGE. SO HOW
IS PURDUE REALLY LOOKING TO
DIFFERENTIATE HIMSELF FROM THE
INCUMBENT. I MEAN, HOW HOW
WILL HE DO THAT TO SORT OF SET
HIMSELF APART, ESPECIALLY
AMONG THAT BASE. THERE.
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE'RE GOING BECAUSE THE REAL
BIG PUSH RIGHT NOW FOR PRODUCE
TO FIND SOMETHING OTHER THAN
THE 2020 ELECTION. IN ADDITION
TO THAT FIGHT OVER THE 2020
ELECTION. MOST REPUBLICANS
FEEL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER THAT
THE PARTY SHOULD MOVE ON OR
THAT YOU CONTINUE TO LITIGATE
2020 AND IT'S HARD TO MOVE
VOTERS ON. THAT'S WHAT HE'S
DOING IS FOCUSING ON SOME
HYPER-LOCAL ISSUES. HE'S COME
OUT IN FAVOR OF. BUCKHEAD A
PART OF A PLANET. SENTIA LEAST
EVENING FROM ATLANTA THE
GOVERNOR AND HIS ALLIES OF
HAVE STOPPED FROM HAPPENING IN
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN
BUCKHEAD OPPOSES. AND THEN
THERE'S A A ELECTRIC VEHICLE
PLANT THAT'S GOING IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE BRIAN
KEMP HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF
PURDUE WAS OPPOSING.
>> AND I DO CLEAR FOR OUR
VIEWERS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH ATLANTA BUCKHEAD IS ONE
OF THE WEALTHIEST ZIP CODES
THERE IN GEORGIA, SPECIFICALLY
IN ATLANTA. SO THAT IS
SIGNIFICANT ASKING THEM TO
BECOME A SEPARATE DISTRICT
NBC'S JOHN ALLEN. I NEED YOU
AND DAD RATA TO STAY OUT OF
TROUBLE. THEY'RE IN ATLANTA
APPRECIATE GET INTO IT SEE