Kemp taps Kelly Loeffler, financial exec, to US Senate seat

Gov. Brian Kemp appointed financial executive Kelly Loeffler to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, selecting the co-owner of Atlanta’s WNBA franchise over a congressman that President Donald Trump repeatedly urged the Republican to pick.

During remarks in Kemp’s ceremonial office, Loeffler presented herself as a lifelong conservative who is “pro-Second Amendment, pro-military, pro-wall and pro-Trump” to counter criticism painting her as a closet liberal.

“I make no apologies for my conservative values,” she said, “and will proudly support President Trump’s conservative judges.”

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