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(CNN) -- Allies of Gov. Brian Kemp and top Republicans in Georgia have recently approached Donald Trump advisers to see if the former President can be persuaded to go easy on the incumbent GOP governor as he fights for reelection, sources told CNN.
The informal effort -- which has not involved any direct contact between Trump and Kemp and is unlikely to result in a fixed agreement, according to two people familiar -- comes as the Republican governor prepares for the general election against Democrat Stacey Abrams, a progressive star who Trump once claimed "might very well be better" than Kemp as a state executive.
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Allies of both men have been unable to shake that comment, as well as Trump's verbal assault on Kemp over the past year, as one of the most closely watched gubernatorial contests this cycle begins. And although Trump has not specifically criticized Kemp since the May 24 primary contest, his failed attempt to run a primary challenger against the incumbent governor and his baseless claim in a statement last week that Kemp won due to "obvious fraud," has only heightened the concerns of Republicans across the Peach State and some in Trump's orbit who worry he could imperil Kemp and other GOP candidates on the ballot in Georgia this November.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported on the effort to convince Trump to lay off of Kemp.
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