- Gov. Kemp stated it was “humbling” that his identify has been floated as a GOP presidential candidate.
- Kemp in a current interview with CBS-affiliate WRBL stated that his precedence was main Georgia.
- However he left some wiggle room: “In politics, there are at all times doorways opening and shutting.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp — who has been floated as a possible presidential candidate by Republicans in search of an alternative choice to former President Donald Trump — stated on Wednesday that whereas it was “humbling” that some assume he’d be a terrific commander-in-chief, his centered would stay on his present job.
Throughout an interview with WRBL, a CBS tv affiliate based mostly in Columbus, Ga., Kemp remarked he was glad main Georgia as he promoted the $200 million growth of a Kia auto plant that can produce the corporate’s electrical SUV.
However he additionally remarked on his identify being talked about as somebody who may make a late entry into the 2024 GOP area, with some within the occasion starting to query whether or not Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can mount a reputable problem to Trump within the coming months.
“It is humbling that there are folks on the market that assume I might make a very good president. However I’ve obtained a terrific job that I’m very glad in,” the governor stated.
“We have got actually a possibility of a lifetime proper now within the state of Georgia as we see an industrial revolution taking place proper earlier than our eyes. So I’m staying very centered on that,” he continued. “That is what I promised folks I might do once I obtained re-elected.”
Nonetheless, Kemp left some wiggle room in his feedback, at the same time as he beforehand stated he would not search the White Home in 2024.
“In politics, there are at all times doorways opening and shutting,” he stated. “I perceive that. I by no means attempt to open one thing prematurely or shut one thing too shortly.”
The governor — who was elected to a second time period final fall by defeating Democratic star and former Georgia state Home Minority Chief Stacey Abrams in a rematch of their 2018 contest — then harassed his opinion {that a} Republican could be finest positioned to guide the nation.
“There’s numerous nice Republicans operating. Plenty of mates of mine our operating. We’ll keep watch over the race. However one factor is for sure, we’ve obtained to beat Joe Biden,” he informed WRBL. “This nation is in a nasty place proper now. And I simply assume a Republican president will get the ox out of the ditch, if you’ll. And that is what I’m going to be engaged on, no matter who our nominee is.”
