Political Breakfast from WABE

Political Breakfast from WABE


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GOP critics bash Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis, Trump will have his mugshot and fingerprints taken at Rice Street Jail, Trump still surges in polls
August 22, 2023

On this week's edition of Political Breakfast, the team talks about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' critics.Or at least one in particular---State Senator Clint Dixon.After Donald Trump and others were indicted for election tampering, Dixon

Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants indicted, Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis gives Trump and his allies until August 25 to turn themselves in, How does Lt. Governor Burt Jones factor in?
August 16, 2023

This week on a live version of Political Breakfast, the team tackles the news of the Fulton County grand jury's 41-count indictment of Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants, accusing them of conspiring to overturn Trump's 2020 presidential loss in Georgia. G

The possibility of former President Donald Trump being indicted by a Fulton grand jury looms, the race for Georgia governor in 2026, more names are already being tossed around as possible contenders
August 08, 2023

This week on Political Breakfast, the team tackles the prospect of a former president being indicted by a Fulton County grand jury.Host Lisa Rayam along with strategists Brian Robinson and Tharon Johnson address the severity of another Trump indictment a

First a Democrat now a Republican: Will GA Rep. Mesha Mainor be fully embraced by the GOP? Governor Kemp declares he'd support Trump if he ends up as the GOP's nominee for president
July 18, 2023

On this week's edition of Political Breakfast, more on Georgia Rep. Mesha Mainor's switch-a-roo. Formerly a Democrat, Mainor is nowthe first Black Republican woman to ever serve in the state General Assembly. Republican strategist Brian Robinson and Atla

More Republicans want Kemp to run for President in 2024, Georgia loses political and civil rights titans
July 12, 2023

On this week's edition of Political Breakfast, will Georgia Governor Brian Kemp seriously consider running for President? More and more Republicans are calling on Kemp to join the crowded pool vying for the GOP nomination . Kemp hasn't taken any concrete

Steeper penalties for tampering with Georgia voting machines, DeKalb District Attorney withdraws office from prosecuting so-called 'Cop City' cases
June 28, 2023

On this week's edition of Political Breakfast, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is calling on lawmakers to make tampering with a voting machine a felony that carries a minimum sentence of 10 years.  That's Raffensperger's response to critics

Trump takes aim at Georgia officials amid more indictments
June 27, 2023

On this week's edition of Political Breakfast, the national spotlight was once again on former President Donald Trump and his fractured relationship with some of Georgias top politicians. Trump again reiterated his false claims about election fraud in Ge

Juneteenth legislation on 13th Amendment, Vulnerabilities in Dominion voting software won't be updated before 2024
June 21, 2023

This week on Political Breakfast, a group of Democratic lawmakers including Georgia Congresswoman Nikema Williams are pushing a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution -- that permits the use of slavery and invol

Atlanta City Council votes to fund controversial police training center and the Kemp-Trump feud heightens
June 07, 2023

In a marathon City Council meeting with hundreds of people speaking in opposition, members eventually approved the city giving millions to build theAtlanta Public Safety Training Facility in South Dekalb County.Democratic Strategist Tharon Johnson and

Trump to speak at Georgia's GOP convention as some state Republicans decline invitation
May 31, 2023

On this week's edition of Political Breakfast, former President Donald Trump is set to give the keynote address at Georgia's GOP convention in June. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger say they will not attend the convent