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Antisemitism rears its ugly head again in metro Atlanta


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In this episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy, Greg Bluestein and Bill Nigut start off today’s podcast with a look at a disturbing display of antisemitism in Cobb County over the weekend. A white supremacist hate group projected a message praising Hitler on an overpass on I-75 in Cobb County. The group that used a laser projector to display the message has also been responsible for spreading antisemitic flyers in the front yards of suburban Atlanta neighborhoods. Attorney General Chris Carr quickly condemned the organization’s messaging, and State Rep. Esther Panitch, who sponsored legislation to define antisemitism as a hate crime called for the legislature to take action to pass measures that will stop the hate campaigns.


Then, Governor Kemp sings former Vice President Mike Pence’s praises after Pence drops out of the GOP presidential race. Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy suggest that “in an alternative universe” had Pence been successful in his bid, Governor Kemp could have become Pence’s VP candidate because the two are so close personally, and Pence has been one of Kemp’s top supporters. Meanwhile, Georgia Democrats shrug at the entry of Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips into the Democratic primary race against President Biden.



Plus, the latest on how legislators are responding to the federal order that they redraw congressional and legislative maps to give Black voters more equitable representation.


Have a question for the show? Call the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 404-526-AJCP. That's 404-526-2527. We’ll play back your question and answer it during the Listener Mailbag segment on next Friday’s episode. 


Links to today’s topics:

White supremacists target Cobb County drivers

Kemp sings Pence's praises

Georgia redistricting ruling shakes up GOP lawmakers


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