Attack by School Voucher Group Backfires In Georgia

“A national advocacy group promoting school vouchers bombarded conservative Georgia voters with glossy mailers tying Republican state legislators from their districts to Stacey Abrams and other ‘radical left’ figures. It backfired in spectacular fashion,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“The aggressive strategy was meant to pressure legislators to end a yearslong feud over public funding of private education in Georgia. Instead, the Capitol’s halls buzzed Tuesday with incredulous GOP lawmakers infuriated by the group’s approach.”

Said House Speaker David Ralston (R): “I am livid. I’ve been around politics for a long time, but this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen in my career and one of the most deceitful.”

Ralston said the voucher proposal is now dead for the year.