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Wed Aug 1, 2018, 12:06 AM Aug 2018

State Representative Jason Spencer Resigns After Fallout from 'Who Is America' Episode

State Representative Jason Spencer, the Woodbine Republican who made national headlines this week for appearing on SHOwtime’s “Who is America?” has resigned from his state house seat.

A copy of the resignation was provided to AllOnGeorgia late Tuesday night after it was sent to Speaker of the House David Ralston at 11:18 P.M. It reads as follows:

“Speaker Ralston,

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.

Rep. Jason Spencer.”


Spencer initially said he would not resign from the seat after Speaker David Ralston, Governor Deal and others called for him to step down on Monday.

The show, which aired Sunday night, depicted Spencer dropping his pants to expose his buttocks, yelling profanities, and shouting racial slurs. At the end of the segment in a “Message to Terrorists,” Spencer took to a monologue where he tells “sand n*****s” that “we’re tired of you coming to America” and “trying to threaten us.”

Read more: https://www.allongeorgia.com/georgia-state-politics/state-representative-jason-spencer-resigns-after-fallout-from-who-is-america-episode/

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all republican elected officials should be branded with this incident nt msongs Aug 2018 #1
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