The following article is primarily a guest post from GRA member from Chatham County, Jerilyn Gibbs:
1. Rick Jackson’s true target : TRUMP and the MAGA Movement
Defeating Trump-endorsed & GRA-endorsed Burt Jones is Jackson’s path to discrediting the power of Trump’s endorsements. If successful, Democrats would frame the Georgia governor’s race as a referendum on Trump — and Jackson knows it.
2. Jackson is not and never has been a MAGA Republican. Proof:
- He donated to Liz Chaney’s PAC weeks after she had joined Democrats in impeaching Trump.
- He built his fortune through nearly $1 billion in lucrative state contracts while donating heavily to Brian Kemp, Brad Raffensperger, and Geoff Duncan (now a Democrat).
Jackson is suspected of ties to the out of state dark money behind the smear campaign against Jones (via “Georgian for Integrity,” now facing formal ethics charges). Even if not directly tied, he has amplified the same attacks.
This is why the bipartisan Georgia Senate just voted 50-1 to pass a bill empowering the Georgia Ethics Commission with new subpoenas power against out-of-state individuals and organizations suspected of violating Georgia’s campaign finance and disclosure laws.
3. The smears distort Jones’ long-held support for rural healthcare.
Jones advocated reforming outdated Certificate of Need rules that have long badly needed rural hospitals statewide – not a special favor for Butts County. The attacks focus on a proposed hospital on land partially owned by Jones’ father. Jones response:
- His support reflects a broad policy goal for better rural medical access, not a carve-out; early on, no specific site was designated.
- Jones owns no part of the land or project and therefore has no direct personal benefit (no proven quid pro quo).
4. The bottom line: This is a smear campaign by someone who cannot compete on the issues. Jackson kicked off his campaign with lies and hypocrisy (including his own datacenter investment in Texas while attacking Jones over a nonexistent one on family land). How can voters trust him to advance the MAGA agenda?
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From the moment I saw\n Rick jackson’s ad with President Trump, making it look like he had President Trump’s endorsement. I knew he was a fraud period he should not be able to run and add like that. It is misleading and President Trump should sue him for doing it in my humble opinion. Rick. Jackson is a liar, a fraud and an evil man.\n I will certainly not vote for him. And I am telling my followers and neighbors my beliefs of who this man is and not to vote for him.