A tale of 2 scandals involving elected GOP officials in GA

wonderingrover · 2019-05-14T21:55:22.472Z

There are 2 scandals that have really hit the news lately involving GOP elected officials in the state of Georgia. The first one has been brewing for a while, and involves Speaker of the House David Ralston. In addition to being Speaker, Ralston also happens to be a licensed attorney. He has been using his Speaker position to delay cases for years as a criminal attorney. This one is covered here:

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Alleged victims say powerful Georgia lawmaker repeatedly delays cases

Alleged victims say powerful Georgia lawmaker David Ralston is using the power of his office to repeatedly delay cases of his private legal practice

The second story hit today, and involves the GA insurance commissioner Jim Beck (who has just been in office for 2 years). He has been indicted on 38 counts including wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. That story is here:

WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta – 14 May 19

GA insurance commissioner indicted in alleged $2M scheme

The U.S. attorney's office laid out Tuesday what it says was $2 million fraud case involving Georgia’s insurance commissioner.

All I can say, as a former Republican, is that in the Trump era, there is absolutely nothing that surprises me about this party any more.

wonderingrover · 2019-05-14T22:03:49.142Z

Had to fix the 2nd line - I erroneously posted the same link twice.

CaughtInTheMiddle · 2019-05-14T22:11:40.534Z

That’s some dirty stuff right there.

Ex-Pat · 2019-05-14T22:20:00.462Z

The sad thing is this won’t hurt the GOP one bit in Georgia.

wonderingrover · 2019-05-14T22:27:41.306Z

I don’t know - the GOP governor barely managed to eek out a victory in 2018.

nytimes.com – 6 Nov 18

Georgia Election Results (Published 2018)

See full results and maps from the Georgia midterm elections.

Ex-Pat · 2019-05-14T23:10:37.844Z

I should have said it won’t hurt the GOP with white voters. Georgia, Alabama, and other southern states are extremely politically segregated. Changing demographics is why the last election was so close.

highroller · 2019-05-15T01:20:52.857Z

Watch for the gerrymandering they do in 2020.

reflechissez · 2019-05-15T04:54:16.724Z

They are RINOs. No red-blooded, gun-totin’ republican would ever do that.

Plasmaball · 2019-05-15T05:53:28.504Z

Elect them for president…seems to be the new cool with the gop…

Smyrna · 2019-05-15T10:18:02.724Z

Drain the establishment swamp…