MAGA Masks and Party Purges: Georgia’s GOP Power Plays

This pod­cast dives into Georgia’s GOP tur­moil as the leg­isla­tive ses­sion ends, ques­tion­ing the authen­tic­i­ty of MAGA cre­den­tials among key fig­ures. It chal­lenges Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp’s recent moves—like a Lati­na appointee and anti-immi­gra­tion rhetoric—casting doubt on his post-2020 MAGA shift, cit­ing inac­tion dur­ing Biden’s term on issues like Lak­en Riley and ille­gal immi­gra­tion. Sec­re­tary of State Brad Raffensperger’s X activ­i­ty, cozy­ing up to sher­iffs and Kemp, hints at polit­i­cal maneu­ver­ing. The episode cri­tiques the ero­sion of grass­roots trust, spot­light­ing Stephen Aaron’s 9th Dis­trict chair run and his rumored Nik­ki Haley lean­ings, along­side Josh McKoon’s alleged neglect of rur­al Geor­gia in 2024. It warns of an estab­lish­ment “dic­ta­tor­ship” threat­en­ing the par­ty, slam­ming fig­ures like Deb­bie Doo­ley for shift­ing from activism to paid attacks, and Stan Fitzger­ald of Vet­er­ans for Amer­i­ca First for his scam-laden past. Bill Sim­mons’ Polit­i­cal Vine is flagged for agen­da-dri­ven hit pieces, while a fish fry anec­dote under­scores inter­nal cen­sor­ship. The pod­cast urges drain­ing the party’s swamp to reclaim its soul.

• Can you by MAGA cred… they have destroyed the term grass­roots. The way to get law­mak­ers to pay atten­tion to the par­ty is to drain the swamp with­in the par­ty. 
• Stephen Aaron is run­ning for 9th dis­trict chair­man. The next time you are in the room and Stephen Aaron speaks, ask him if he vot­ed for Nik­ki Haley. Ask him at the din­ner with BKP if he said that the best way to uni­fy the par­ty is if Trump picked Nik­ki Haley for VP. 
• Now there are polit­i­cal moves tak­ing place after the GA leg­isla­tive ses­sion ends. 
• When you saw the recent X post by Bri­an Kemp you had to ques­tion why he is mak­ing cer­tain moves. We remem­ber in 2018 he made a cam­paign video to stop immi­gra­tion but did noth­ing dur­ing the biden admin­is­tra­tion stop­ping ille­gals from com­ing into our com­mu­ni­ties. It is so notice­able that the AJC Patri­cia Mur­phy is notic­ing. 
• Are you going to let Bri­an Kemp by MAGA? After the 2020 elec­tion? What about Lak­en Riley? What about the bus­es? What about the air­port? Do you think the media would car­ry the water for our gov­er­nor? Now do you ever see those major drug busts around elec­tion time? The turn almost reminds you as if it is elec­tion time. 
• Kemp is mak­ing anoth­er move, announc­ing the first female lati­na to hold statewide con­sti­tu­tion­al office. 
• The sec­ond to make some moves is Brad Raf­fensperg­er the sec­re­tary of state. Post­ing spend­ing the day with Sher­iffs Asso­ci­a­tions, proud to sup­port the new labor com­mis­sion­er, reposts Gov­er­nor Kemps X post thank­ing him for putting Geor­gians first. Keep an eye on that. 
• Bill Sim­mons the Polit­i­cal Vine, it is pos­si­ble that when encour­aged he will do a hit job on peo­ple. When you get these from Bill, look for the lay­ers. The arti­cles are polit­i­cal­ly moti­vat­ed and have agen­das. 
• We could have used Deb­bie Doo­ley to help fight leg­is­la­tion like SB144. To let law­mak­ers know to drop leg­is­la­tion and use her to fight leg­is­la­tion for the right rea­son. It seems that recent­ly she has changed her focus and her polit­i­cal career now is to take down oppo­si­tion for a pay­ment, pos­si­bly. Deb­bie Doo­ley is no longer repeat­able or in a posi­tion to trust the infor­ma­tion. It seems like her career now is to sell out to the estab­lish­ment and use her email data­base for attacks. 
• Josh McK­oon did not sup­port rur­al Geor­gia in 2024. When he says to build on our momen­tum and use our win, it won’t hap­pen. If we do not end this estab­lish­ment dic­ta­tor­ship, we will lose our par­ty. 
• Fish Fry Sto­ry: the con­ver­sa­tion with Chan Jones, 8th dis­trict chair. And not being able to wear the “Paper Bal­lot” shirt. 
• Stan Fitzgereld, founder of Vet­er­ans for Amer­i­ca First, has a his­to­ry of a con man.Angie Wong has got­ten a per­ma­nent stalk­ing vio­lence injunc­tion against fed­er­al felon Stan Fitzger­ald, sig­nals push for stronger online harass­ment laws. Stan Fitzger­ald admit­ted role in sell­ing $2M of fake auto­graphs in one of the biggest sports mem­o­ra­bil­ia scam in his­to­ry. There is a con­cern. 
• Look this up: John Fred­er­icks > LL Strate­gies > Media Buys > Stan Fitzger­ald and John Fred­er­icks has endorsed Josh McK­oon.