Georgia lawmaker who shouted racial slur on TV to resign
Source: AP
ATLANTA (AP) A Georgia lawmaker will resign after exposing himself and yelling racial slurs on provocateur Sacha Baron Cohens cable TV show, a spokesman for House Speaker David Ralston said.
Rep. Jason Spencer had vowed to serve out his term despite the fallout. Now hell step down at months end, spokesman Kaleb McMichen told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution late Tuesday.
In Sunday nights broadcast of Cohens Showtime series Who Is America? Cohen poses as an Israeli military expert who persuades Spencer to take part in several outlandish exercises. The lawmaker is told theyre making a counterterrorism video.
Spencer repeatedly shouts a racial slur for black people after Cohen tells him the tactic is useful for drawing bystanders attention to an unfolding attack.
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CottonBear
(21,596 posts)As a Georgia resident, I say good riddance, moran!
Botany
(70,291 posts)He said in a statement Baron Cohen had taken "advantage of my paralysing
fear that my family would be attacked"
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Thats perfect!
One down and hundreds of GA elected officials to go...
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Just get them to "be themselves" and we can clean out the gop sewer. It amazes me that these low-lifes all gather under the gop banner. Guess those family values really are a myth.
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)there are many replacements.
bucolic_frolic
(42,679 posts)that says all one needs to know about him
CurtEastPoint
(18,553 posts)dalton99a
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Throck
(2,520 posts)Sacha and Michael Moore should co-host a show.
7962
(11,841 posts)But what an idiot.
BumRushDaShow
(127,324 posts)and then his "antics" can be showcased in ads about what the GOP platform is all about.