The Georgia Hour, episode 65: The Battle for the Georgia GOP: McKoon’s Plan to Reshape the Party

A con­tentious strug­gle with­in the Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty (GOP) as Chair­man Josh McK­oon aims to cre­ate a “new GA GOP” by 2026, sidelin­ing Amer­i­ca First, MAGA, and grass­roots sup­port­ers. Deb­bie Doo­ley, a for­mer Tea Par­ty leader, alleged­ly tak­ing dark mon­ey and endors­ing Stephen Aaron, who is not aligned with Trump, while attack­ing pro-Trump fig­ures like David Cross, Bri­an Park­er, and Bri­an Pritchard. Salleigh Grubbs, accused of manip­u­lat­ing a Cobb Coun­ty chair elec­tion, is a McKoon’s ally, as her coun­ty turns blue. In con­trast, Lisa Pierce is praised for grow­ing her county’s GOP sup­port. McKoon’s slate is accused of rig­ging elec­tions through a restric­tive 9‑page NDA for del­e­gate lists, with a $25,000 fine per infrac­tion. The pod­cast alleges finan­cial opac­i­ty, includ­ing $100,000+ spent on a watch par­ty and pay­ments to Kemp allies like Chris Albrecht. It claims McK­oon and allies are tar­get­ing key dis­tricts to sup­press grass­roots patri­ots, urg­ing lis­ten­ers to alert RNC Chair Michael What­ley about elec­tion manip­u­la­tion.