CAN'T WIN
“I’m looking at gathering signatures to try to get our legislature to impeach him and have him removed because I think that we’re to that point,” said one GOP county chairman.
Hunter Woodall is a former Daily Beast political reporter covering the 2020 campaign. Since graduating from the University of Missouri, Hunter has also worked as a national politics reporter based in New Hampshire for The Associated Press and covered state government and politics for The Kansas City Star. Follow him on Twitter @huntermw
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
“I trust Montanans to make the right decisions for themselves as opposed to edicts from Helena,” Governor-elect Gianforte said this summer, according to a local radio station.
ATTENTION TO DETAILS
The president has checked out on the pandemic, aides say. And now, the team coming in says they fear basic questions are not being answered.
ROTTEN PEACH
Trump’s anger at Gov. Brian Kemp is making it nearly impossible for the GOP to unify ahead of two runoff elections in the state that will decide control of the U.S. Senate.
ATLAS SHIVED
Trump’s favorite COVID adviser has been a thorn for others before. But with the pandemic worsening, his counsel is now seen as particularly dangerous.
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?
He joins several other governors from virus-slammed states who have ordered new restrictions but not the one public-health experts want.
NOT OK
“The more deaths I see every day, the more ticked off I get at the lack of a response from our state government,” said Dr. Ervin Yen, a Republican and former state senator.
‘EVERY SINGLE BALLOT’
There has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Georgia, where President-elect Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by around 14,000 votes.
'DARK WINTER'
Democrats bet on strengthening their numbers in 2020—that didn’t happen. Now, struggling states and cities around the country won’t get the help they need as budgets run out.
SOUTHERN AGGRESSION
Some Georgia Republicans are nervous about how all the family infighting will affect the two Senate runoffs that are less than two months away.