COLUMBUS, Ga. — Georgia Republicans have a problem. In fact, they have a few. Former President Donald Trump, the man most beloved by the base of the party, has now been indicted on dozens of criminal charges in two states.
Trump is also polling at the head of the pack in the Georgia GOP primary race in 2024, even as polls show he’s also the one candidate Republicans could nominate who would likely lose to Joe Biden. And, as was on vivid display in Columbus over the weekend, while Trump may be the favorite of a majority of the base, he is also dividing the state Republican party from the inside out.
You only had to look at the crowd Saturday as Trump strode onto the stage at the Georgia GOP convention, smiling and drinking in the applause, to see the dilemma facing the Republican party.
