Kamala Harris Faces 'Warning Lights' in Georgia, CBS News Host Says

CBS News host Tony Dokoupil traveled to Georgia, a key swing state that President Biden won in 2020, and spoke to voters about the upcoming presidential election. Dokoupil reported that he encountered significant support for former President Trump and expressed concerns about Vice President Kamala Harris's chances in the state.

CBS News host Tony Dokoupil has raised concerns about Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign in Georgia, a key swing state that President Biden won in 2020.

During a segment on "CBS Mornings," Dokoupil reported that he had traveled to three Georgia towns and had encountered a significant amount of support for former President Trump.

Kamala Harris Faces 'Warning Lights' in Georgia, CBS News Host Says

"We heard a whole lot of Trump support," Dokoupil said, referring to conversations he had in Forsyth County, Georgia, which he described as a "Republican stronghold" that the Trump campaign was counting on.

Dokoupil noted that President Biden won Georgia by a small margin in 2020 after Donald Trump won in 2016. He added, "There are warning lights for Kamala Harris."

Kamala Harris Faces 'Warning Lights' in Georgia, CBS News Host Says

"I feel like he aligns more with America and American values than she does," an Atlanta voter told Dokoupil. "I just know that once you start doing away with things like the Second Amendment and altering it to your own, what you think is sensible, it's a problem, because then who's the arbiter of that?"

CBS News cited a poll that showed former President Trump ahead of Harris in Georgia by two percentage points. A recent Fox News poll found that Harris leads Trump in the state by three points.

Kamala Harris Faces 'Warning Lights' in Georgia, CBS News Host Says

"To me, he's more for the people, the hard-working people," one voter said.

Another told CBS that she did like her life more when Trump was in office.

Other voters Dokoupil spoke to in Georgia felt that Harris was the clear choice in the presidential contest.

"Democrats are focused on actual issues that are of concern to Americans, and solving the systemic problems that we all face," a voter in Atlanta said.

"I wouldn't vote for him even if it — if it meant another $100,000 in my pocket," another voter, who just moved to Georgia from California, told CBS.

The CBS News host also spoke to voters in Peach County, which voted for former President Obama twice, and for Trump once.

While some said they were undecided, one man expressed that he planned to vote for Harris and explained that he drove his neighbors, who are Republican, to the polls.

"You, Greg, a Democrat, drive a Republican to the polls, thereby putting Donald Trump over the top and making him president again. If you knew that was what you would be doing, would you still do it?" Dokoupil asked the voter, raising a hypothetical.

"I would make sure they get to the polls because I believe in the right to vote and the responsibility to vote more than I believe in my own candidate," the voter responded.