Secret tape recordings rock Georgia governor race

[DonViejo]

Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle can be heard saying the Republican primary had devolved into "who could be the craziest."

by Associated Press / Jul.09.2018 / 3:55 PM ET

ATLANTA — Another secret recording is shaking up Georgia's Republican primary runoff in the governor's race.

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle's campaign was already rocked last month by the release of a secretly recorded conversation in which Cagle said he backed what he called "bad public policy" for political gain. Cagle's runoff opponent, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, released another snippet of that conversation Monday.

In this 50-second piece , Cagle can be heard candidly discussing the GOP primary's sharp turn to the right, saying the five-man race came down to "who had the biggest gun, who had the biggest truck and who could be the craziest."

Kemp said in a statement to the AP on Monday that the newly released recording "exposes Cagle's real opinion of Republican voters in Georgia."

Cagle has called his talk with former candidate for governor Clay Tippins a private conversation that was never meant to become public, and says it's being taken out of context.

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[ck4829]

1. K&R

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R...for visibility...nt

[NewJeffCT]

3. I bet there are a decent amount of Republicans

that feel like Cagle.

[Sneederbunk]

4. But isn't this true of most Repug primaries?

[DetlefK]

5. My goodness! You are not supposed to accurately describe republican voters in public!

Republican voters vote for people who exhibit family-values! Like Trump!

For people who are civil! Like Trump!

For people who are known for their good character! Like Trump!

For people who live by the word of the good Lord! Like Trump!

[MGKrebs]

6. So the R choices are the paid-for

Lobbyists friend who will continue the corrupt status quo, or the incompetent pretend redneck who would be like a GW Bush, Georgia version.

Not sure if Stacey Abrams has much of a chance, but they do seem to be cracking the door open for her a little bit.

I do want to also say though, I have been on Stacey's email list for some time now. I sent a message asking a question several days ago and have not gotten a response yet. Not even a standard acknowledgement. They need to do better than that!

[StevieM]

10. I think Stacey has a very good chance of winning.

But you are right. They should make sure that they are more on top of things.

You should contact the campaign and let them know that you weren't replied to when you reached out.

[Hoyt]

7. Well, at least Cagle recognizes what's important to GOPers -- biggest gun, biggest truck . . . . .

[world wide wally]

8. We all already knew that

[eppur_se_muova]

9. So the controversy is that his opinions of Uglican voters were made known ...

... but not that they were accurate ?

Nothing wrong with being deplorables, only with pointing out that deplorables ARE deplorables ?

That's some standards you got there, GOP.

[gratuitous]

11. "Taken out of context"

By all means, Mr. Cagle, give us the missing context for your bald statement that your race came down to who could be the craziest. Clearly, you did well enough in being the craziest to get to the run off. What context is missing?