The Republican primary in Georgia's gubernatorial race is crowded, to say the least. Incumbent Brian Kemp is currently fighting for another term after being discarded by Trump as a "RINO" (Republican in name only) for his refusal to entertain Trump's fantasies that the 2020 election was "stolen."
Much to the chagrin of his supporters, Trump endorsed former Senator David Perdue, who lost his seat to Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff in a 2021 runoff that delivered Democrats a functional majority in the evenly divided Senate.
With the two leading candidates facing allegations of RINO-ism, the Republican governor hopefuls in Georgia are scrambling to present themselves as further right than their opponents, especially when it comes to right-wing election delusions. Despite refuting Trump's election conspiracies, Kemp signed a voter suppression bill into law, citing "election security," last year. This past December, Perdue joined a lawsuit claiming that fraudulent ballots were counted in Fulton County in his Senate race, though he conceded that election and congratulated his opponent at the time.
Enter Kandiss Taylor, an administrator on the Board of Education, whose campaign bus made waves on social media for an unfortunate slogan.
“WHO’S THAT COMIN’ DOWN THE TRACK? A BIG MACHINE THATS RED AND BLACK… AINT NOTHIN’ FINER IN THE LAND, THAN A CONSERVATIVE KANDISS TAYLOR FAN!!!!”
Let’s do this… Let’s paint Georgia Taylor RED! ❤️💋👠
See you on tour! 🇺🇸🍑
*Tour schedule is posted on website!* pic.twitter.com/QsxjNw4qeG
— Kandiss Taylor (@KandissTaylor) February 17, 2022
On the campaign trail, Taylor has repeatedly emphasized she's running to protect "Jesus, guns, and babies," but the layout on the bus made the list look like a sentence:
"Jesus
Guns
Babies"
Twitter had a field day.
Jesus does not gun down babies. https://t.co/ie19CIWqpp
— God (@thegoodgodabove) February 17, 2022
Jesus was a famous proponent of guns for babies. https://t.co/sLAfS5v70B
— Tom PositiveLad (@PositiveLad) February 17, 2022
tough scene for the rest of the trinity https://t.co/zIEPOShy1a
— lacey cencula (@dddrop_the_lace) February 17, 2022
The writers of 2022 aren’t getting paid enough. https://t.co/NnM67RhAkY
— Tanner Thomason (@TannerThomason) February 17, 2022
Jesus guns babies. https://t.co/V89R1Z6VcN
— maura quint (@behindyourback) February 17, 2022
Some noticed Taylor had put "guns" before "babies."
She put guns before babies. I just can’t. https://t.co/A9mqQ45Ehv
— Noel (@Frogerta) February 18, 2022
Guns before babies? Republicans. https://t.co/zKgjgWTjXh
— DrDelaneyKirk 🐾 (@DelaneyKirk) February 17, 2022
In that order? Guns before babies? Jesus rules them all? 🤔 https://t.co/UllJ8FhXu4
— DoD_deb (@DoD_deb) February 18, 2022
For her part, Taylor relished the publicity as "Jesus Guns Babies" began to trend.
So…I am finally trending on Twitter for Jesus, Guns, and Babies. Apparently, it is offensive. 🤷🏻♀️ who knew?
— Kandiss Taylor (@KandissTaylor) February 17, 2022
3 Things Trigger The Left
Jesus
Guns
Babies
— Kandiss Taylor (@KandissTaylor) February 18, 2022
Do y’all understand punctuation? Oh…it doesn’t fit your brainwashing agenda. Jesus, Guns, & Babies.
— Kandiss Taylor (@KandissTaylor) February 18, 2022
Taylor's most prominent endorsements so far have come from conspiracy theorists Lin Wood and Mike Lindell.
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