State Is ‘Battered, Not Broken’ Kemp Says In State Of The State

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp deliveries his State of the State address as Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston look on in the House Chambers Thursday in Atlanta.

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In his second state of the state address as Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp reflected on the bruising past year, which featured a deadly pandemic that continues to rage in Georgia and a high-profile political battle with President Donald Trump

As the state continues to see rising coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths, he vowed Georgia would “win this fight against COVID-19” and asserted the state “while battered, is not broken.”

“One year ago, I had no idea what we would experience in 2020 – what we would endure, the storms we would face,” Kemp said to a joint session of the State House and Senate.