rhee. brown the the quintessential tea party congressman and gingrey tried the to get to his right by taking to the house floor a few months ago to talk about the need to teach traditional gender roles in schools. there are three republican congressmen in this race in total and each one of them, all three of them, voted against reopening the government two weeks ago. you just can t be too conservative in a republican primary, it could have serious general election implications here, serious national implications as we watch this case unfold in georgia. a strong democratic candidate pitted against a really far-right republican candidate could make that seat a potential democratic pickup, especially when you consider the steady shift we ve seen right now as georgia becomes less old and less white. a democrat in the race is michelle nunn, daughter of sam nunn, one of those backing nunn told bloomberg, the vast majority of americans say they don t want the government to shut down, they wan
michelle nunn, daughter of sam nunn, one of those backing nunn told bloomberg, the vast majority of americans say they don t want the government to shut down, they want middle ground. this is the dynamic that could reshape democratic politics in georgia and provide democrats a firewall. joining me now is goldie taylor. thanks for joining us tonight. and you are a resident georgia expert tonight, coming to us from georgia. and i just wondered if you could talk a little bit about what is going on in the state. we see this story today about republican donors moving the to the democratic candidate down there. where is this coming from and how serious is this republican split that we re suggesting? first, i ll tell you where it s coming from. michelle nunn founded a organization called hands-on atlanta. it was built on volunteerism and they did a lot of partnerships with ceos around the state of georgia in terms of their community outreach and, you know, sort of investing in communities t
side, where at least half a dozen republicans are vying is for the gop nomination, including congressman paul brown and congressman phil beginning rhee. brown the the quintessential tea party congressman and gingrey tried the to get to his right by taking to the house floor a few months ago to talk about the need to teach traditional gender roles in schools. there are three republican congressmen in this race in total and each one of them, all three of them, voted against reopening the government two weeks ago. you just can t be too conservative in a republican primary, it could have serious general election implications here, serious national implications as we watch this case unfold in georgia. a strong democratic candidate pitted against a really far-right republican candidate could make that seat a potential democratic pickup, especially when you consider the steady shift we ve seen right now as georgia becomes less old and less white. a democrat in the race is michelle nunn, daugh