In their battle for the Republican nomination for Georgia governor, the campaigns of Brian Kemp and Casey Cagle on Monday argued over whether Cagle – in a secret recording by a former political opponent – questioned the sanity of GOP primary voters or other candidates in the race.
Secretary of State Kemp’s campaign released a 50-second chunk of audio it said was part of a larger recording by Clay Tippins during a meeting with Cagle in May.
Part of the recording released by Tippins included Lt. Gov. Cagle telling the former gubernatorial hopeful he pushed through a bill in the state Legislature that was bad “a thousand different ways” in order to keep another opponent from receiving millions in campaign donations.
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