Georgia Gov.Brian Kemp and former President Donald Trump will appear together for the first time since 2020 as Trump makes his second stop to the state this week to survey Hurricane Helene's impact on the state.On Friday, Trump and Kemp are expected to receive a briefing on Hurricane Helene's devastation before delivering remarks to the press in Evans, Georgia.
More than 200 people have been killed from Hurricane Helene, which unleashed devastation across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.The joint appearance comes after Trump's visit earlier in the week, when he injected politics into his day and falsely claimed that Kemp was unable to reach President Joe Biden about federal assistance, even though earlier in the day Kemp confirmed he spoke with the president.MORE: Trump, in Georgia, attacks Biden and Harris on Helene response, Biden says he's 'lying'Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, listens to a question as he visits Chez What Furniture Store which was damaged during Hurricane Helene on Sept.30, 2024, in Valdosta, Georgia.Michael M.
Santiago/Getty ImagesWhile Friday's remarks are not a campaign event, it is notable that the state's popular Republican governor will appear with Trump after opting not to join Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris during their visits to the state earlier this week.Kemp headlined a fundraiser in Atlanta for Trump in late August, a sign of how Kemp is working to reelect Trump despite the former president's previous crusade against him.The former president had publicly and repeatedly criticized Kemp in recent years and even persuaded former Republican Sen.David Perdue to launch a primary bid against him in 2022, which was unsuccessful, after Kemp refused to give in to Trump's attempts to overturn the state's election results in 2020.In this Nov.
7, 2022, file photo, Republican Governor Brian Kemp speaks at a press conference in Atlanta.Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images,...