<p>But Trump appears to be holding a grudge.</p><p>Greg Bluestein, a political reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, posted a video of Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday evening.</p><p>In the video, Trump is addressing a crowd while standing next to Sarah Huckabee Sanders.</p><p>"This is my friend," Trump says as he points at former Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones.</p><p>Trump then asks twice when Jones in announcing, presumably referring to a political campaign.</p><p>On Saturday, Jones said he would be sharing his plans on Friday with an image asking, "should I run for governor?"</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1f33ac5895f52c225ee7b0ad420c66e4" id="fff78"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1380890993373876228"><div style="margin:1em 0">Georgia - I look forward to sharing my plans for the state next Friday and I want you to be the first to know.
It… https://t.co/QEm9Pi4McU</div> — Vernon Jones (@Vernon Jones)<a href="https://twitter.com/RepVernonJones/statuses/1380890993373876228">1618065043.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>Jones was a Democrat until January, when he became a Republican. In 2020, he endorsed Donald Trump and spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention.</p><p>Jones was a guest on the conservative podcast OutLoud with Gianno Caldwell where <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/vernon-jones-says-black-dems-160500045.html" target="_blank">he mentioned former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke</a>.</p><p>"You know, David Duke today, someone Black folks see as a big Klansman, could run as a Democrat today and Black people would vote for him just because he has a D beside his name," Jones argued.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">A sign that Trump could endorse <a href="https://twitter.com/RepVernonJones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepVernonJones</a>? This is Trump last night at Mar-A-Lago calling Jones his friend and asking: “When are you announcing? When are you announcing?" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gapol?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gapol</a> <a href="https://t.co/ouOm2SCtiG">pic.twitter.com/ouOm2SCtiG</a><br/>— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) <a href="https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1380946249843683339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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