Another day and another Trump supporter unraveling on TV. When Will trump supporters learn their consequences for being a racist asshole?
"he mimed cutting off the penises of what he refers to as “sand-n*ggers” and then eating them."
“Representative Spencer has disgraced himself and should resign immediately,” Georgia House Speaker David Ralston said in a statement Sunday night. “Georgia is better than this.”
GOP Rep. Jason Spencer Rejects Calls to ‘Resign Immediately’ Following Sacha Baron Cohen Prank
For his segment in episode two of the British comedian’s news-making Showtime series, Spencer, a four-term state representative from Georgia, apparently had no problem shouting racial epithets and pulling down his pants on the suggestion that Islamic terrorists believe touching a male behind will “turn” them gay, among other horrifying behavior.
In a post-credits sequence that some viewers may have missed, he mimed cutting off the penises of what he refers to as “sand-n*ggers” and then eating them. “How are you going to rape children and women without a dick?” he asks with fury in his eyes. Suffice it to say all of this goes well beyond even the lawmakers who were “tricked” into advocating a guns-for-toddlers program in the previous week’s episode.
The condemnations from his fellow Georgians have been swift.
“Representative Spencer has disgraced himself and should resign immediately,” Georgia House Speaker David Ralston said in a statement Sunday night. “Georgia is better than this.”
The state’s current governor, Nathan Deal, stopped short of calling for Spencer to vacate his seat, but he did tweet his “disgust” with the “appalling and offensive” language.
Both Republican gubernatorial candidates, who will face each other in a run-off this Tuesday to determine who will oppose Democrat Stacey Abrams in the fall, issued statements denouncing Spencer.
“Rep. Spencer’s words and behavior are hurtful, insensitive, and completely unacceptable. At the very least, he should issue a public apology for this shameful incident,” Brian Kemp, who also removed Spencer from his endorsement list, said.
“Jason Spencer is a disgrace to Georgia and should resign his elected office immediately,” Kemp’s opponent, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, tweeted. “While I’m glad he never supported our campaign and actually actively opposed us, I think it speaks to the judgment of our voters that he was overwhelmingly defeated earlier this year.”
And yet, Spencer, who lost his primary election earlier this year and only has five more months in office, has remained determined to serve out the rest of his term.
In a series of text messages to Washington Post writer Steven Zeitchik, Spencer apologized for his behavior but said he has no plans to step down.