Kemp Signals Openness To Taking Afghan Refugees

Georgia has nearly $4.8 billion in federal COVID-19 aid that it’s deciding how to spend. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he will use federal COVID-19 aid to pay $1,000 bonuses to first responders statewide.

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appears open to taking in refugees from Afghanistan who helped the U.S. war effort.

The Republican governor said in a statement Tuesday that it was important to keep those who partnered with American armed forces over the last 20 years safe, and Americans could not break their word to those who helped it “defend freedom and bring justice” to the people who attacked the country on 9/11, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

He was also critical of the Biden administration’s military withdrawal.