New reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shines a light on the turmoil and infighting currently roiling through the Georgia GOP, with the AJC noting that Rick Jackson is missing “one big piece” in consolidating Republican support: an endorsement from Burt Jones.
Today marks three weeks since Rick Jackson became the GOP nominee, in which time Jackson has previously admitted that Jones “has not called” and that they “haven’t talked yet.”
This comes as party activists have remained “openly skeptical” about Jackson’s candidacy, especially after Jackson ducked the Georgia Republicans’ 250 Unity Rodeo.
The AJC also pointed to allegations of corruption and self-enrichment that will continue to weigh Jackson down throughout the general election. In their reporting, the AJC highlighted how Jones and Jackson are “locked in a pair of dueling defamation lawsuits” over damning charges made during the primary, and that “those lawsuits could drag on for years.”
This serves as a reminder that Georgians won’t be able to forget all the terrible things they’ve already heard about Jackson come November.
- Jackson was repeatedly hammered as a “fraud” and has been accused of getting “rich off a Medicare kickback scam targeting Georgia’s seniors and pocketed nearly a billion dollars in no-bid taxpayer contracts.”
- In March, Jones took to the Senate floor to attack Jackson and his billion-dollar health care company, calling it the “culprit of our health care costs in this state more than tripling” and accusing it of “monopolizing” the health care industry.
- Jones consistently attacked Jackson for trying to “buy [Georgians’] vote” and said that Jackson is “scared voters will find out about his record.”
“Slick Rick Jackson’s GOP is in shambles, and no amount of money can put it back together again,” said Democratic Party of Georgia spokesperson Jake Strickland. “While Democrats are united, Republicans continue to tear themselves apart at the seams every chance they get.”
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