U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick, whose 6th District includes part of East Cobb, is one of a handful of members of Congress to support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in his campaign for president.
DeSantis, who recently won re-election by nearly 20 points, announced his candidacy this week for the Republican nomination, and McCormick issued a video (see below) calling him “a bold conservative” who can not only defeat Democratic President Joe Biden, but “grow our party.”
In the two-minute video, McCormick—who is serving his first term in a district that also includes North Fulton and Forsyth and Dawson counties—didn’t reference former President Donald Trump, who’s holding big leads in polling among GOP candidates.
McCormick blamed what he called “Joe Biden’s failed leadership” on issues such as immigration, crime and energy.
“We need a warrior to do whatever it takes to champion conservative values and safeguard the next generation,” McCormick said in the video, adding that DeSantis is “battle-tested and ready to be our next president. He’s bold and has a vision for our future.”
In the Republican congressional primary last year, McCormick defeated Jake Evans, whom Trump had endorsed.
Among Trump’s Congressional endorsers is Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose district includes part of South Cobb.
GOP Congressman Barry Loudermilk, whose 11th District also includes part of East Cobb, has supported Trump in the past but thus far hasn’t announced his preference for 2024.
Georgia figures to be a battleground state again in the 2024 presidential election. Biden was declared the winner in 2020 by less than 12,000 votes, but Trump has disputed those results ever since.
The Fulton County District Attorney’s office has been investigating whether Trump and his campaign broke the law in trying to overturn the Georgia results, and there could be indictments.
The dispute has roiled Georgia Republicans, as Trump attacked Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, fellow Republicans who have upheld said the 2020 election results in the state.
Both are bypassing the state Republican Party convention next month in Columbus, but Trump has said he will attend.
McCormick also published an end0rsement of DeSantis in The Hill, a Washington political publication, saying the Florida governor, who has touted a strong conservative legislative agenda and whose pugnacious style includes an extended battle with the Walt Disney Co. on cultural issues, “will fight and will win.”
McCormick said DeSantis’ strengths include “stopping the left’s woke agenda, spurring economic growth, and keeping us safe.”
He also said it’s important to back a candidate “who can fight and win against the radical left and their allies in the media. Who can earn victory in Georgia. Who can beat Joe Biden.
“Most of all, this election is not about the past,” McCormick said, with the video showing DeSantis, 44, his wife and three young children. “It’s about the future. Who can lift us up, who can inspire the nation, who can lead us forward.”
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