JASON SPENCER FACES CALLS TO RESIGN AFTER YELLING RACIAL SLURS, EXPOSING HIMSELF ON ‘WHO IS AMERICA?’
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Warning: Some explicit language.
Georgia lawmakers have denounced state representative Jason Spencer in the wake of his appearance on Sacha Baron Cohen’s show Sunday night that saw him use racial slurs and expose himself as part of a prank.
“Representative Spencer has disgraced himself and should resign immediately,” Georgia House Speaker David Ralston told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution after the segment aired on Cohen’s show, Who Is America? “Georgia is better than this.”
Governor Nathan Deal called Spencer’s actions “appalling and offensive.” and added, “there is no excuse for this type of behavior, ever, and I am saddened and disgusted by it.”
The premise of Who Is America? , which premiered last week on Showtime , is to trick unsuspecting politicians, or regular citizens, into scenarios where they say controversial or embarrassing things. In the segment Spencer was featured in Sunday night, Cohen had disguised himself as an Israeli anti-terrorism expert who convinces Spencer to partake in an anti-terrorism training video.
Spencer repeatedly yelled the “N-word” and attacked Cohen with his pants pulled down while shouting “USA, Motherf*****!” as part of Cohen’s suggested training techniques to ward off Muslim attackers.
Spencer also appeared in a post-credits sequence where he looked into the camera to say “all you damn sand-n*ggers over in the Middle East, we are tired of you coming to America and we are tired of you trying to threaten us.”
“We will cut off your dick, you understand?” he added. “We will take your dick and we will shove it in your mouth.”
Before the segment was released, Spencer told The Journal-Constitution that the show had taken advantage of “my fears that I would be attacked by someone” and that “they exploited my state of mind for profit and notoriety. This media company's deceptive and fraudulent behavior is exactly why President Donald Trump was elected.”
Spencer did not immediately respond to Newsweek 's request for comment on whether he would resign from his position. He was already set to leave the government before the clip aired after he lost his GOP primary in May.
In last week’s premiere of Who Is America? , Cohen tricked multiple GOP congressmen into supporting a fake initiative called “Kinderguardians” that aimed to arm toddlers in schools in an effort to prevent school shootings.
Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin and failed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore have both put out statements to say they were tricked into participating in the show in segments that have yet to air.
“Yup—we were duped. Ya’ got me, Sacha, Feel better now?” Palin posted on Facebook before the show premiered. “I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive sick ‘humor’ of the British ‘comedian’ Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.”
David Nevins, the CEO of Showtime has defended Cohen as “the premier provocateur of our time, but not for the sake of ‘gotcha moments.'
“Behind the elaborate set up is a genuine quest for the truth about people, places and politics.”
BY ON 7/23/18 AT 11:25 AM
Photo: From Atlanta News article.
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Seems he has gotten quite a few people.
This guy is out anyway as he lost his primary.
I saw the pilot episode this weekend. The "Kinderguardian" segment was pretty disturbing.
I don't get Showtime, so I will have to try to see them later on.
Was the kinderguardian one, the one with Palin?
I don't know who I am most disturbed over. The people in these leadership positions or the people that put them there.
No, they didn't show the segment with Palin. But they did show the segment with Bernie Sanders and some odd couple in Virginia. They are Christian conservatives, but apparently she wears the pants in the family. Cohen really had them going.
This is the Kinderguardian segment they aired:
Haaha. OMG, that is disturbing.
Palin was pissed.
I hope they air the one with Palin. I want to see if she's telling the truth about it.
stupid people, at best
I think they'll probably save the most gullible... er, best performances for last. Although, it is Sarah's standard MO to get out in front of her family's personal media scandals, so it could be coming soon. No matter when it airs, it won't be enough to keep the teabag FC from jumping in front of any available camera afterwards.
I witnessed that. Gay conversion therapy is cruel and unusual. She was some state GOPer bigshot too.
I see you picked up on that, too
He's still in his GA house seat for the rest of this year but both the head of the GA republican party and the republican gov. have called on him to resign now. That's a sign to me that Rs are more than a bit nervous about the upcoming election.
What a vile nasty little man he he.
Cohen is absolutely brilliant but in fairness to the good people of Georgia they do give him a lot to work with. I still remember the Borat segment with Georgia Republican Bob Barr.
I'm not a fan of Cohen’s, or this type of "humor". It was dumb when James O'Keefe and Project Veritas does it and it's equally dumb now.
Not really a fan either though I have not really watched any of his stuff, except a few clips here and there.
Comparing Cohen to O'Keefe is like comparing a pick-pocket to Manson. First off, Cohen is not out to destroy anyone. You may not find him funny but O'Keefe isn't going for a laugh. He goes for the jugular and he conceals, lies, smears, distorts at every opportunity to do so. Cohen's a comic. O'Keefe is just an evil shit-stain.
It's still cruel to prey on the weak minded.
When someone like Spencer (and Palin, and those NRA morons) are so determined to be idiots it's a just fate for them.
This cohen guy does what we all at times want to do. We want to know if someone is as dumb or mentally deficient as they appear at various points of public interaction.
And he does it with out them being under any duress but lets them just be who they are and sadly it is embarrassing to see.
I think he does a great job exposing those that need to be exposed to confirm what might be in question.
The worst part is that the way some of the people he has duped really think is sad but not as sad as my fellow americans who still believe this person is not the same as displayed on camera.
keep up the good work mr cohen!
on a side note, any of these folks who have a security detail should be fired.
I saw this segment last night. Spencer is a piece of work