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Jul 25, 2018, 2:53:43 PM7/25/18
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Georgia state lawmaker Jason Spencer resigned Tuesday night after
he was lured into exposing both his racism and his buttocks on
Sacha Baron Cohen's new Showtime series, "Who Is America."
In a terse letter to Georgia State House Speaker David Ralston, who
called on him to resign following Sunday's airing of the second
episode of Cohen's show, the representative stated, "This
email/letter is to serve as an official resignation notice to your
office that I will be resigning my post effective July 31, 2018."
Ralston said the legislator "disgraced himself and should resign
immediately," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. GOP Gov.
Nathan Deal said in a tweet: "There is no excuse for this type of
behavior, ever, and I am saddened and disgusted by it."
Spencer appeared in a segment in which Cohen portrays an Israeli
military expert who is making a video about how to mount a personal
defense against potential terrorists. In one scene Cohen's character
urges Spencer to draw attention to an unfolding attack.
The lawmaker responds by shouting the n-word.
In another, Cohen says that Muslim extremists are religiously
repulsed by human buttocks. He persuades Spencer to fend off an
attacker by charging at him backwards ? he shouts "USA!" and
"America!" with his bare bottom exposed.
Spencer also speaks with a mock Asian accent while pretending to
take so-called up-skirt photos from under a Muslim woman's burqa.
Spencer apologized, but for Georgia's top Republicans it was the
last straw. In 2016 he was accused by civil rights and Muslim
advocacy groups of trying to ban religious headgear.
Cohen, meanwhile, has racked up a string of gotcha videos with
politicians for "Who Is America." His subjects so far include
former Vice President Dick Cheney, Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders,
and former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
The show has railed against gun violence and religious intolerance
by attempting to portray some leaders, mostly Republicans, as
clueless.
--
Obama’s legacy is President Trump.
Georgia state lawmaker Jason Spencer resigned Tuesday night after
he was lured into exposing both his racism and his buttocks on
Sacha Baron Cohen's new Showtime series, "Who Is America."
In a terse letter to Georgia State House Speaker David Ralston, who
called on him to resign following Sunday's airing of the second
episode of Cohen's show, the representative stated, "This
email/letter is to serve as an official resignation notice to your
office that I will be resigning my post effective July 31, 2018."
Ralston said the legislator "disgraced himself and should resign
immediately," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. GOP Gov.
Nathan Deal said in a tweet: "There is no excuse for this type of
behavior, ever, and I am saddened and disgusted by it."
Spencer appeared in a segment in which Cohen portrays an Israeli
military expert who is making a video about how to mount a personal
defense against potential terrorists. In one scene Cohen's character
urges Spencer to draw attention to an unfolding attack.
The lawmaker responds by shouting the n-word.
In another, Cohen says that Muslim extremists are religiously
repulsed by human buttocks. He persuades Spencer to fend off an
attacker by charging at him backwards ? he shouts "USA!" and
"America!" with his bare bottom exposed.
Spencer also speaks with a mock Asian accent while pretending to
take so-called up-skirt photos from under a Muslim woman's burqa.
Spencer apologized, but for Georgia's top Republicans it was the
last straw. In 2016 he was accused by civil rights and Muslim
advocacy groups of trying to ban religious headgear.
Cohen, meanwhile, has racked up a string of gotcha videos with
politicians for "Who Is America." His subjects so far include
former Vice President Dick Cheney, Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders,
and former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
The show has railed against gun violence and religious intolerance
by attempting to portray some leaders, mostly Republicans, as
clueless.
--
Obama’s legacy is President Trump.
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