Kemp spoke first, touting job growth and his independence from “the health-care pundits that were sitting in their basement” during covid. Finally, the campaign duo, both in khakis and rolled-up shirt sleeves, emerged and made their way onstage to a podium flanked by U.S. A black bus decorated with large “KEMP - GOVERNOR” lettering pulled up next to a stage, and the song “Born Free” by Kid Rock began to play, lasting several awkward minutes, while nothing happened. The crowd numbered about 300, mostly middle-class and middle-aged. The first of two rallies took place on an asphalt lot next to a cigar lounge in Cumming, Ga., a suburb a few dozen miles north of Atlanta. Last November, I watched Pence on the stump in Georgia, where he was campaigning for Republican governor Brian Kemp in a race against Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams. Onstage or on-screen, Pence gives off a curious mix of sincerity and artifice, like a preacher who has spent a lot of time watching himself on tape.
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