The Georgia Hour, episode 72: Georgia GOP Rocked by Credit Card Scandal and Leadership Turmoil

Josh McK­oon, Geor­gia GOP chair­man, admit­ted to using the party’s cred­it card for per­son­al expens­es like gym mem­ber­ships after social media expo­sure. His wife, Jacque­line McK­oon, named president/CEO of the Butts Coun­ty Cham­ber of Com­merce, is linked to the con­tro­ver­sy online. Travis Bow­den, McKoon’s senior advi­sor and for­mer GA GOP Inc. exec­u­tive direc­tor, was report­ed­ly fired, replaced by Justin Rice from the RNC. Despite his ter­mi­na­tion, Bow­den received pay­ments in Decem­ber 2024, rais­ing over­sight con­cerns. Bow­den claims his name won’t appear in FEC fil­ings. Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp announced on May 5, 2025, he won’t run for Sen­ate in 2026. Crit­ics demand GOP lead­ers retract sup­port for McK­oon, warn­ing that with­out grass­roots action, Repub­li­cans risk los­ing Geor­gia in 2026. Addi­tion­al ques­tion­able GA GOP charges fuel mis­man­age­ment alle­ga­tions. Deb­bie Doo­ley is tasked with pro­mot­ing JaQuon, though details are vague. The scan­dals expose GA GOP’s inter­nal rifts, threat­en­ing its uni­ty and elec­toral future.

• Josh admit­ted that he used the GA GOP cred­it card for per­son­al items because he was caught. Jacque­line McK­oon was named president/CEO of Butts coun­ty Cham­ber of Com­merce. She is mak­ing the rounds on social media with the cred­it card charges. 
• Travis Bow­den was let go as his duties with the GA GOP. He has recent­ly made a state­ment that he will not be found on the FEC state­ments. 
• Bri­an Kemp made an announce­ment yes­ter­day that he will not seek the sen­ate race in Geor­gia. Every­one and Any­one needs to remove their endorse­ment of McK­oon if they expect to win. And if the grass­roots are not in place to remove the swamp and get to work, repub­li­cans will lose Geor­gia in 2026. 
• Travis Bow­den is the senior advi­sor to Josh McK­oon, chair­man of the GA GOP. He was the exec­u­tive direc­tor of the GA GOP Inc. the RNC sent in Justin Rice from NC to replace Travis. When Travis left he was not sup­posed to receive any more mon­ey, the exec­u­tive board was told Travis was fired. Travis got pay­ment in Decem­ber 2024. Maybe Josh will answer for this or maybe Travis will answer for this? 
• More ques­tion­able charges by the GA GOP. 
• Deb­bie Doo­ley has been giv­en the assign­ment to ele­vate JaQuon.