The Georgia Hour, episode 53: Grassroots Betrayed: Georgia’s GOP Manipulation and Who’s Who for 2026

The misuse of the "grassroots" label as Georgia’s political landscape heats up on April 2, 2025. Jon Ossoff dares MTG for the US Senate race but dreads Kemp’s top-ticket pull, while Lucy McBath suspends her campaign due to her husband’s cancer, leaving Keisha Lance Bottoms and Jason Carter in play. A judge dismisses a 7-year election security case yet pens a 23-page warning about Georgia’s hackable voting machines, despite Raffensperger’s defense of Dominion. Josh McKoon’s GA GOP leadership faces scrutiny for sidelining MAGA delegates, rigging ballots, and dodging financial transparency, prompting calls to block Trump’s endorsement and drain the "GA swamp" of career politicians.