Georgia’s Audi megadeal comes with political flashbacks
Stop us if you’ve heard this one. Days before a tight election, Republican leaders unveil a blockbuster jobs deal and hold it up as proof voters should keep the GOP in charge. That was the script Saturday, when President Donald Trump announced plans for a $4.2 billion Audi plant in Middle Georgia after years of work by Gov. Brian Kemp’s administration to forge the deal. Republican nominee for governor Rick Jackson and other GOP leaders quickly seized on the announcement as another reason to keep Republicans running the state Capitol.
