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GOP frontrunner in key gubernatorial race forced to answer about hiring illegal immigrants: ‘I don’t know’
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Rick Jackson, the Republican frontrunner in Georgia’s race for governor, said he didn’t know if there were any illegal immigrants doing landscaping for him at his mansion when pressed during the race’s only debate ahead of the GOP primary next month.
«You claim to be the tough on illegal deportation, but you’ve got illegals working in your backyard as we speak right now,» fellow frontrunner Republican candidate for governor, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, argued. «Who’s the real Rick Jackson?»
Jones’ question directed at Jackson came during a portion of the Monday night debate where candidates got the opportunity to single out one of their opponents for a question.
Jones zeroed in on criticism that while Jackson claims to be Trump’s biggest ally in the race, he has donated to the president’s rivals, such as Liz Cheney and Nikki Haley, profited off staffing abortion doctors at Planned Parenthood and has hired illegal immigrants to do landscaping at his mansion.
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Pictured is Rick Jackson (left), President Donald Trump (center) and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (right) (Getty Images/Rick Jackson)
«First of all, the real Rick Jackson has never taken one dollar from Planned Parenthood. We’ve never taken one dollar from recruiting surgeons to do transgender surgery for underage kids from that standpoint,» Jackson responded. «As far as illegals and so forth, I will absolutely make it the number one place in — Georgia will be number one for deporting criminal illegals. That’s my position and that’s who I am.»
Jackson added that he has «done nothing but give to many pro-life nonprofits,» as he continued his rebuttal. «I give more to nonprofits of crisis pregnancy centers here in Georgia than probably you’ve ever given in your entire life,» Jackson said of Jones.
But Jones didn’t let go of the illegal alien question.
«So, you don’t have any illegals working for you right now?» Jones pressed.
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«I don’t know,» Jackson replied incredulously. «Here’s the reason why — you’re talking about a domestic person that somebody hired — I hired thousands of people a year, Burt, I know you have about six yourself — but I hired thousands of people, other people hired them, we obey the laws, we use [unintelligible] verification,» Jackson replied before Jones interjected.
«It’s just a yes or no answer. I asked him if he has illegals working for him right now. He said he did, and then he said he didn’t, so,» Jones shot back before the moderators moved on.
Burt Jones, then-Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, speaks as Republican Governor Brian Kemp listens at a press conference on November 7, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
Ahead of Monday evening’s election, the New York Post reported on legal documents from a worker’s compensation suit that Jackson was involved in, which reportedly indicated the billionaire businessman had «maintained a long-standing workforce of multiple laborers performing landscaping and property maintenance work for decades, including individuals without work authorization who nonetheless performed continuous employment for the employer.»
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The case, brought against Jackson Investment Group, LLC, and JIG Real Estate, LLC, which is owned by the former firm, reportedly suggested Jackson — the companies’ CEO — had multiple individuals without proper worker verification documents doing his landscaping.
The documents also showed Jackson said in a deposition that he was unaware that his hires were undocumented immigrants, but he also admitted not vetting new hires using mandatory I-9 verification forms used to ensure people are eligible to work, according to the New York Post.
In other parts of the deposition, Jackson reportedly echoed what he said Monday night, that he was not directly involved with the hiring of workers and only engaged with the landscaping superintendent.
«I know that sounds confusing,» Jackson reportedly explained in his deposition. «But most of our — if we have other employees, we usually hire them through JIG or another entity. I’m talking about if JIG has employees, we hire them through another entity. I’m not sure that we have any direct employees, from a payroll standpoint, out of JIG Real Estate.»
Rick Jackson is running for governor in Georgia, promising to eliminate DEI policies. (Rick Jackson for governor/YouTube screenshot)
Jackson, meanwhile, has said if elected he is committed to going after criminal illegal aliens, adding he «doesn’t care if you’re Muslim or Mongolian, you don’t have the right to force your culture on our country» in a recent campaign advertisement that said «criminal illegals» will end up either «deported or departed» under his leadership.
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When asked about the exchange between Jones and Jackson during Monday night’s debate, Jackson’s campaign told Fox News Digital that, «it’s just like a corrupt politician to attack Rick over someone hired by his landscaper.»
«Rick would never knowingly hire someone in the country illegally and, as governor, he’ll make Georgia No. 1 in criminal illegal deportations,» the campaign spokesperson added. «The takeaway from this debate is the universal agreement that Burt Jones has used his office corruptly to enrich himself and attack his political opponents.»
The upcoming primary election between Jones, Jackson, Attorney General Chris Carr, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and others will take place on May 19.
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Balotaje en Perú: un sociólogo advirtió que “la diferencia tan pequeña obliga a mirar hasta el último voto”
En una entrevista en Infobae al Regreso, Gabriel Puricelli, licenciado en Sociología y docente, describió el escenario de máxima tensión política en Perú, donde el balotaje entre Roberto Sánchez y Keiko Fujimori se define voto a voto y la gobernabilidad aparece como el principal desafío.
Durante su paso por el estudio, Puricelli puso el foco en la diferencia mínima entre los candidatos y su impacto en la legitimidad del futuro gobierno. “La diferencia es tan pequeña que no es una elección donde los candidatos vayan a aceptar, como sucede muchas veces incluso en nuestro país, que se compute hasta el 99,70%. Acá la discusión va a ser ver hasta el último voto, analizar hasta el último voto”, explicó.
“La legitimidad de origen está, porque Perú una de las cosas que tiene, tiene unas autoridades electorales muy competentes cuyos resultados son respetados”, sostuvo Puricelli, al analizar el peso institucional de la ONPE. Sin embargo, advirtió que esa legitimidad “te sirve para los diez primeros kilómetros en Perú”, marcando la diferencia entre la aceptación del resultado y la capacidad real de gobernar.
La polarización se refleja en el recuento: con el 94% de las actas escrutadas, Roberto Sánchez, de Juntos por el Perú, aventaja apenas a Keiko Fujimori, de Fuerza Popular, con 50,10% contra 49,90% de los votos. El organismo electoral pidió cautela y no anticipar conclusiones antes del 100% del escrutinio.
Para Puricelli, el sistema político peruano “es excesivamente volátil”, a pesar de la continuidad económica garantizada por el presidente del Banco Central desde 2009. “El problema es que la legitimidad de origen te sirve poco tiempo, porque la ecuación de poder es muy poliárquica”, remarcó.
Un congreso menos fragmentado y demandas sociales diversas
Consultado sobre la posibilidad de mayor estabilidad, Puricelli distinguió: “Hay menos bloques parlamentarios en este Congreso que en el anterior. Eso hace que para el futuro presidente o presidenta haya que negociar con menos grupos, grupos que son un poco más homogéneos”. No obstante, recordó que la fragmentación del sistema y los comportamientos oportunistas dentro de los partidos siguen dificultando la gobernabilidad.
El especialista hizo hincapié en la diversidad de demandas sociales. “Hay una enorme fragmentación de la demanda política en la sociedad peruana. Hay demanda de seguridad, de educación, demandas regionalistas. El regionalismo define mucho esta elección”, señaló.
Describió que Roberto Sánchez obtuvo alrededor del 70% en la región amazónica y más del 65% en la zona andina, mientras que Keiko Fujimori concentró el 45% de sus votos en Lima, marcando una fuerte tensión territorial.
El voto en el exterior es otro factor decisivo: “En este momento estaba escrutado nada más que el 5% del voto exterior. Si Keiko confirma su victoria entre los votantes del exterior, podría estar más cerca de lo que se puede esperar a esta hora”, alertó Puricelli sobre la importancia de la emigración peruana en los resultados.
Puricelli comparó la situación peruana con la de Italia en la posguerra: “Gobiernos que duraban un promedio de 13 meses, que no completaban una legislatura y, sin embargo, Italia creció hasta transformarse en la quinta economía más poderosa del mundo”.
Planteó que en Perú “la fragmentación de la oferta política se explica por la insatisfacción social de los resultados que da una economía que crece, pero que no reparte de manera pareja ni entre estratos sociales ni entre regiones”.
Consultado sobre el mito de la estabilidad, afirmó: “Perú es de alguna manera un gran ejemplo de lo que puede ser crecimiento importante y dinámico al lado de un desarrollo mediocre. Crecimiento y desarrollo no son la misma cosa. Perú es exitoso en materia de crecimiento. No es un fracaso en términos de desarrollo, pero el desarrollo es mucho más mediocre que el crecimiento”.
Respecto al marco jurídico, subrayó: “El estallido del sistema de partidos políticos en Perú es decisivo para explicar la inestabilidad. Perú no logró reconstituir un sistema de partidos programáticamente reconocibles, con liderazgos reconocidos. Es un país que renueva su sistema de partidos políticos a cada elección”.
El debate incluyó paralelos con la Argentina y los sistemas de elecciones de medio término. Para Puricelli, los efectos del diseño institucional dependen de la interacción con la realidad social de cada país. “No creo que hay nada que condene ni que sancione como perfecto el sistema de la renovación de medio término. El problema es cómo interactúa esto con la política”, concluyó.
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Mamdani-linked Platner adviser’s history with nude photos surfaces ahead of crucial Senate primary
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A Democratic Party campaign strategist who recently went viral for doing damage control for Graham Platner amid his public sexting scandals has past writings that include comments about sending and receiving «nudes» and a footnote in a puberty guide for boys that he wrote, which referenced using images of his own penis.
Morris Katz, an up-and-coming New York City Democratic Party campaign strategist credited with being a major factor in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s electoral upset last year, wrote on the Medium blogging platform in 2019, amid a separate Democratic Party sexting scandal, that he had both «sent» and «received nudes.» Katz also authored a 2020 puberty guide for boys that included, on page 17, a footnote saying that he initially considered using «images of my penis» to illustrate puberty before the publisher said it was inappropriate.
The resurfaced writings have drawn scrutiny over the last week from Maine Republicans after Katz was accused of trying to contain the fallout from the sexting scandal involving Platner that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with multiple women early in his marriage on Kik, an anonymous messaging app that has faced scrutiny over predatory behavior and child-safety concerns.
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The irony has not gone unnoticed by Republicans in Maine, who argue Katz’s past writings add another bizarre layer to a Platner campaign already struggling to move past allegations involving numerous scandals revolving around the candidate’s judgment.
Morris Katz, 27, has been widely credited with helping New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani complete his upset victory last year against Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Jason Savage, executive director of the Maine Republican Party, told Fox News Digital that the combination of Platner and Katz is «like a sort of weird horror story,» arguing that both men appear unable to recognize «the guardrails of decency.»
«Morris Katz thinking that he was going to call up and intimidate Genevieve McDonald shows how bad his judgement is — he was never going to succeed at that and the fact he didn’t have the instincts to know better is just the first red flag of many for him,» Savage told Fox News Digital. «The combination of Morris Katz and Graham Platner is this weird horror story where neither one of them really understands the guardrails on decency. Neither one of them can recognize when there is a boundary.»
A Republican strategist, who is from rural Maine but wanted to remain anonymous when speaking to Fox News Digital, said the Katz controversy shows national progressive operatives are using Maine as a testing ground for an outsider-backed campaign that could ultimately weaken the seniority and resources incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins has delivered to struggling communities across the state.
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«This guy [Katz], who is unbelievably strange, comes in from out of state and tries to get this horribly flawed guy, like limping, pleading across the finish line. That is so arrogant,» the GOP strategist said. «The arrogance that it takes to come in and say, ‘I’m an out-of-state progressive socialist here to make some money off a flawed candidate bleeding in the polls,’ and then try to take that away from the people who really need it, you’re going to take away what Susan Collins has done and will be able to do for these people.»
Susan Collins (left) and Graham Platner (right). (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images ; Sophie Park/Getty Images)
Platner’s campaign has been dogged by controversies since he emerged as a progressive challenger in Maine’s closely watched Senate race against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Some of the most recent firestorms have centered on reports alleging Platner was abusive to an ex-girlfriend and that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with multiple women early in his marriage on the platform Kik. Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, reportedly disclosed the messages to campaign officials during an internal vetting process, and the campaign has acknowledged the messages existed while arguing the matter was addressed privately between Platner and his wife.
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The controversy intensified after reports that Platner still had an active profile on Kik, an anonymous messaging app that has faced criticism from child-safety groups and law enforcement officials. The profile reportedly featured a shirtless mirror selfie of Platner with a towel around his waist, which Republican staffers later appeared to mock outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee by showing up in towels.
Republican staffers, including National Republican Senatorial Committee staffers, protest outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., wearing towels to mock Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s reported Kik profile photo. (Nicholas Ballasy/Fox News Digital)
Platner had already faced scrutiny over a tattoo that critics identified as a Nazi-linked symbol, which he later covered up. Platner has said he was unaware of the symbol’s association with Nazis when he got the tattoo years ago, although McDonald has contested he has been aware of its meaning for some time.
Platner also apologized after old Reddit posts resurfaced in which he made a series of inflammatory comments about rape, race, political violence, police, rural Americans and military veterans. Platner has said his views have changed and that some of his past comments reflected a darker period in his life after military service.
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More recently, Platner denied allegations from a former girlfriend who accused him of abusive behavior, calling the claims politically motivated. His campaign has accused critics and national media outlets of focusing on private matters and personal attacks rather than the issues affecting Maine voters.
Fox News Digital reached out to Katz, the Platner campaign, Fight Agency, Mamdani’s team and McDonald for comment.
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