How Georgia's Republican governor broke with Trump — and thrived

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (left) has swatted aside Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election results in Georgia were stolen from him.

When Brian Kemp launched his campaign for Georgia governor in 2018, he ran with the enthusiastic backing of then-President Donald Trump.

But by the time Kemp was seeking reelection last year, Trump was prodding a challenger to take him down in the Republican primary.

This week, that complicated relationship has again been on full display after Trump was indicted in Georgia for seeking to overturn the 2020 election.