Reviewing the televised GA gubernatorial debates: swipes, snipes & gripes

Georgia-based political consultant Andrew Heaton joined The Ron Show to review the two gubernatorial debates.

Both the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial debates hosted by the Atlanta Press Club on Georgia Public Broadcasting aired Monday evening, and aside from the notable difference between the two hours – substantive policy conversations vs “who can out-Trump the other” – some other notable moments were worth zeroing in on.

Former state Senator Jason Esteves took the first hard swipe at the presumptive frontrunner, former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, over the death of Secoriea Turner during her term. He and Senator Derrick Jackson took aim at former GOP lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan for his role in the state of the state currently, and Mike Thurmond presented a novel approach to tax relief: reducing and/or eliminating the state’s income tax – a regressive tax.

On the right, it was more “Jones v. Jackson” sniping, often with surrogate assistance from attorney general Chris Carr and even secretary of state Brad Raffensperger weighing in on both. The bombshell of the night came as the billionaire Rick Jackson found himself unable to refute their being undocumented people hired on his behalf, which Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones pounced on – unable to resist using the slur “illegals,” of course.

With me to discuss it all is Atlanta-based political consultant Andrew Heaton.