The Georgia Hour, episode 179: Georgia GOP in Chaos: Shocking Betrayals, Power Struggles, and a Party on the Brink!

In this explo­sive episode of The Geor­gia Hour host­ed by BKP on Voice of Rur­al Amer­i­ca, the focus is on the tur­moil with­in the Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty, as revealed dur­ing a recent state com­mit­tee meet­ing con­duct­ed via Zoom. BKP dives into the crit­i­cal issues fac­ing the par­ty, with a par­tic­u­lar empha­sis on the ongo­ing Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PSC) races, ear­ly vot­ing, and inter­nal con­flicts that threat­en the GOP’s influ­ence in Geor­gia.

BKP begins by address­ing the PSC races, warn­ing that the poten­tial loss of two Repub­li­can-held seats could shift con­trol to Democ­rats, open­ing a “flood­gate of mon­ey” that might influ­ence future races, includ­ing the governor’s race and the U.S. Sen­ate race against Jon Ossoff. He high­lights the his­tor­i­cal shift of the PSC from Demo­c­ra­t­ic to Repub­li­can con­trol, start­ing with Doug Everett’s elec­tion in 2002, and express­es con­cern that the com­mis­sion is now at risk of flip­ping back due to vot­er dis­sat­is­fac­tion with ris­ing pow­er bills and per­ceived mis­man­age­ment. BKP stress­es the impor­tance of mobi­liz­ing rur­al vot­ers to pro­tect these seats, as munic­i­pal elec­tions are like­ly to dri­ve Demo­c­ra­t­ic turnout in cities.

The episode takes a dra­mat­ic turn as BKP calls out Deb­bie Doo­ley, a promi­nent grass­roots fig­ure, accus­ing her of “sell­ing out” to Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp. He ref­er­ences a recent event where Doo­ley appeared with Derek Doo­ley (no rela­tion), a U.S. Sen­ate can­di­date, at a protest out­side Jon Ossoff’s office, hold­ing a sign read­ing “Geor­gians are suf­fer­ing.” BKP sar­cas­ti­cal­ly dubs her “Suf­fer­ing Doo­ley,” sug­gest­ing her align­ment with Kemp is a betray­al of the grass­roots move­ment. He con­trasts this with Con­gress­man Mike Collins, also run­ning for Sen­ate, who he claims received no media cov­er­age for a sim­i­lar protest, despite his active engage­ment with vot­ers across GOP events.

BKP fur­ther crit­i­cizes the Geor­gia Repub­li­can Party’s lead­er­ship, par­tic­u­lar­ly Chair­man Josh McK­oon and his asso­ciates. He argues that the par­ty is in “sham­bles,” lack­ing funds and donor sup­port, and accus­es Kemp of delib­er­ate­ly weak­en­ing the par­ty after being booed off a stage years ago. The episode also touch­es on a Gainesville may­oral race, where BKP alleges Kemp is back­ing a can­di­date to chal­lenge Con­gress­man Andrew Clyde, a Trump-sup­port­ing Repub­li­can, in the 9th Dis­trict.

The pod­cast delves into inter­nal par­ty dis­putes, includ­ing efforts to ban mem­bers like David Cross for chal­leng­ing the party’s actions. BKP recounts a con­tro­ver­sial state con­ven­tion where he claims the process was manip­u­lat­ed, pre­vent­ing del­e­gate par­tic­i­pa­tion and favor­ing cer­tain can­di­dates. He also men­tions Ver­non Jones, a for­mer Demo­c­rat-turned-Repub­li­can, who is now run­ning for Sec­re­tary of State, and ques­tions how his can­di­da­cy might impact the GOP’s vot­er base.

Through­out, BKP’s tone is fiery and con­fronta­tion­al, blend­ing sharp crit­i­cism with col­or­ful insults aimed at par­ty insid­ers. He urges lis­ten­ers to stay vig­i­lant, sup­port Repub­li­can can­di­dates in the PSC races, and resist what he sees as a cor­rupt estab­lish­ment with­in the Geor­gia GOP. The episode is a ral­ly­ing cry for grass­roots con­ser­v­a­tives to take back their par­ty and pro­tect Georgia’s Repub­li­can strong­hold.