Georgia’s Perdue, Kemp to appear with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) are set to appear at a town hall with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on Thursday night, the network announced.

Kemp and Perdue will appear separately on the program, with each sitting for a one-on-one segment with Ingraham. 

The televised town hall comes as Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) barrel toward two Jan. 5 runoff elections that will determine the Senate majority for the next Congress. It also comes as Georgia Republicans face widening intraparty divisions stemming from President Trump’s loss in the Nov. 3 presidential election.

President-elect Joe Biden last month became the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry Georgia in nearly three decades. A recount of the vote completed on Wednesday is expected to reaffirm his victory in the Peach State.

But Trump has refused to concede the election to Biden and has spread false claims of widespread voter fraud in an effort to sow doubt about the election results. He has also repeatedly attacked Kemp and other top GOP officials in Georgia, and has urged the governor to use nonexistent emergency powers to “overrule” the vote tally in his state.

Kemp and other state officials have defended the integrity of Georgia’s elections system, and federal and state investigators have failed to uncover evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Thursday night’s town hall offers both Kemp and Perdue a key opportunity to speak to the president on his network of choice. Fox News said Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), a staunch Trump ally who challenged Loeffler for her seat in the Nov. 3 election, and other state officials will also appear on the program.

The town hall will air during “The Ingraham Angle” at 10 p.m. EST.