Former President Donald Trump's Save America PAC is throwing $500,000 behind an effort to unseat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) in the first major test of the former commander-in-chief's kingmaker status, Axios reports.
According to Politico, this transfer to the anti-Kemp Keep Georgia Right super PAC marks Trump's largest political donation of the midterm election cycle, though it hardly puts a dent in his $110-million war chest.
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