(The Center Square) – The White House says President Donald Trump will speak on affordability on his visit to Georgia on Thursday.
The president, ahead of his stop in Rome, has contributed to the hubbub with comments surrounding the Peach State’s past and present elections.
Trump has consistently questioned the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to former President Joe Biden by more than 11,000 votes. He reposted a story about Georgia state Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, who is calling for the state to take over Fulton County elections.
Fulton County is the epicenter of claims that the 2020 election results were fraudulent. The FBI raided the Georgia office on Jan. 28, taking physical ballots, tabulator tapes, ballot images and voter rolls.
The president also shared a post on Wednesday from the Georgia GOP praising David Shafer, the party’s chairman emeritus.
The post said, “Our Chairman Emeritus David Shafer stood up for President Trump in 2020. Fani Willis demanded that he repudiate the President & apologize for standing w/him. When he refused, she threatened him w/bankruptcy & life in prison. He never flinched, fought back, and won.”
Biden defeated Trump 306-232 in Electoral College votes in the 2020 election. Georgia contributed 16 electoral college votes to the Democrats’ win, not enough of a swing (32 points) to reverse the 74-point setback.
The president is going to take his election fraud claims a bit further, Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock says.
“Let’s be crystal clear about what’s happening,” Warnock said in a social media post. “President Trump is going to try and interfere in the 2026 elections.”
Trump, Shafer and 17 others were charged in a Fulton County indictment with election interference related to the 2020 elections. The case was dismissed in November 2025 after Peter Skandalis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, appointed himself to the case following the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that allows defendants whose cases were dismissed after a prosecutor was disqualified for misconduct to recover legal fees from that county. Trump’s attorneys are asking for $6.2 million.
The president has also waded into two high-profile elections. Residents in the 14th Congressional District are casting ballots for former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s successor. Greene resigned earlier this year amid a high-profile skirmish with Trump.
Lookout Mountain District Attorney Clayton Fuller has Trump’s endorsement in a field that has 13 Republican candidates. Colton Moore, who resigned his Senate seat to run, said he was surprised Trump endorsed Fuller.
“No one has been a greater defender of the America First movement and President Trump in Georgia than I have,” Moore said in an interview with The Center Square. “It was very disheartening to the whole team.”
Moore said he still supports Trump despite his endorsement of Fuller.
“President Trump is the greatest president of our lifetime,” Moore said. “I’ve made it very clear to him. I’ve made it clear in all of my campaign speeches. I’m still there to push President Trump’s agenda.”
Trump endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the gubernatorial race before Rick Jackson entered the race. Jackson is a billionaire health care executive with no political experience.
“If you want a governor who is like President Trump – who will stand up to the radical left, the media, the bureaucracy, and anyone else who tries to take advantage of Georgians, I’m your man,” Jackson posted on social media a day ahead of Trump’s visit.
Jones has gone after his new opponent, accusing Jackson of supporting “Never Trumpers” and strolling in to “buy Georgia.”
