President Donald Trump’s primetime address from the White House East Room on Thursday, July 16 returned to debunked 2020 election theories without once mentioning Georgia, GPB News reported in its evening headlines for July 17.
The speech — delivered in the East Room and carried on major networks — focused on familiar claims about the previous presidential election rather than on the upcoming general-election cycle in the Peach State, according to GPB’s coverage.
Jackson opens the general-election campaign
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson used the timing to hold the first rally of his general-election season, and notably did not mention Trump in his remarks. The move highlighted the political distance some Georgia Republicans are keeping from the president as the November ballot approaches.
The decision to keep the primetime address narrowly focused on the 2020 theories — and to leave Georgia out of the discussion entirely — sets up a particular dynamic for the general election in a state that remains a top target for both parties and that has been ground zero for the post-2020 legal and political fights Trump and his allies have waged.
Savannah Bridge Run canceled
In other Georgia news from GPB’s Friday evening headlines, organizers of the Savannah Bridge Run canceled this year’s event because of planned bridge renovations, removing a longstanding staple from the coastal city’s fall calendar.
