On Saturday, May 18, Georgia Republicans Amy Kremer and Ginger Howard (the incumbent) competed for a seat on the Republican National Committee (RNC).
Kremer pulled off an upset victory, and according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC), she did so "in part by highlighting her role securing the permit for the pro-Donald Trump rally on January 6, 2021, that preceded the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol — and accusing Howard of not fighting harder to overturn Trump's 2020 victory."
Two days before Kremer's victory, Patrick Krason of Federal Election Commission Compliance Services wrote a letter expressing his concerns about her.
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Krason, according to AJC reporters Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer, "warned that Kremer had been fined several times by the Federal Election Commission for not submitting reports" and "accused her super PAC of not paying several vendors, including his firm."
Krason wrote, "I would hope that the GA Republican Party leadership will consider the questions of liability and optics having someone like Amy Kremer representing the Party at the RNC…. With regard to Ms. Kremer, while her experience could make her an effective representative, questions about her outstanding Federal Elections Commission fines for fundraising and organizational irregularities made the committee wary of endorsing her."
President Joe Biden was campaigning in Atlanta on May 18, and he brought up the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building during one of his speeches. Biden warned that the "threat Trump poses is greater in a second term than it was in the first term."
Once a deep red state, Georgia has evolved into a major swing state. Democrats hold both of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats, and Biden carried the Peach State in 2020. But Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, both conservative Republicans, were decisively reelected in the 2022 midterms.
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