The Georgia Hour, episode 53: Grassroots Betrayed: Georgia’s GOP Manipulation and Who’s Who for 2026

The mis­use of the “grass­roots” label as Georgia’s polit­i­cal land­scape heats up on April 2, 2025. Jon Ossoff dares MTG for the US Sen­ate race but dreads Kemp’s top-tick­et pull, while Lucy McBath sus­pends her cam­paign due to her husband’s can­cer, leav­ing Keisha Lance Bot­toms and Jason Carter in play. A judge dis­miss­es a 7‑year elec­tion secu­ri­ty case yet pens a 23-page warn­ing about Georgia’s hack­able vot­ing machines, despite Raffensperger’s defense of Domin­ion. Josh McKoon’s GA GOP lead­er­ship faces scruti­ny for sidelin­ing MAGA del­e­gates, rig­ging bal­lots, and dodg­ing finan­cial trans­paren­cy, prompt­ing calls to block Trump’s endorse­ment and drain the “GA swamp” of career politi­cians.