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Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, center, walks with President Donald Trump, right, and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga) as Trump arrives for a rally Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in Macon, Ga.
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|Updated: December 8, 2021 12:17 PM
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, center, walks with President Donald Trump, right, and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga) as Trump arrives for a rally Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in Macon, Ga.
Tamar Hallerman — Senior reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Stephen Fowler — Politics reporter, GPB News
Rep. Sam Park — Democratic state representative, 101st District
Leo Smith — Republican consultant and President, Engaged Futures Group
1. Former President Donald Trump endorses David Perdue’s campaign for governor.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Tamar Hallerman said Abrams might try to stay under-the-radar as Republicans battle each other during the primary.
2. U.S. Justice Department ends the investigation into Emmett Till’s lynching.
Till, a Black teen from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi during the summer of 1955, was kidnapped, tortured, and killed after falsely being accused of whistling at a white woman.
An undated photo of Emmett Till, taken by Mamie Till Bradley and made available through the Associated Press..
A month after Till’s murder, the all-white jury acquitted the two white men facing charges in Till’s death.
We discuss the latest on proposals in the Georgia legislature to ban "obscene" materials in schools.