Georgia State A.G. Candidate Strickland’s AJC podcast transcript.

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[01:20.060 –> 01:22.820] Welcome to Politically Georgia from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
[01:23.020 –> 01:23.860] I’m Patricia Murphy.
[01:24.220 –> 01:28.120] Well, State Senator Brian Strickland officially kicked off his campaign for Georgia.
[01:28.200 –> 01:29.360] Attorney General this week.
[01:29.740 –> 01:35.820] The McDonough Republican says his plan is to fight crime and gangs, human trafficking, and retail theft.
[01:36.220 –> 01:40.600] He joins me now here in our AJC studios in beautiful Midtown Atlanta.
[01:40.720 –> 01:41.980] Senator, thanks for coming in.
[01:42.060 –> 01:42.860] Thanks for having me, Patricia.
[01:43.000 –> 01:43.740] Great studio here.
[01:44.000 –> 01:45.920] Great to get to tour it and see it for the first time.
[01:46.000 –> 01:46.720] It’s pretty fancy.
[01:46.880 –> 01:48.400] We don’t know what to do with ourselves right here.
[01:48.400 –> 01:48.980] Very fancy.
[01:49.120 –> 01:49.980] Nice setup you have.
[01:50.240 –> 01:50.860] Thank you.
[01:51.380 –> 01:54.620] Well, listen, speaking of nice setup, that we have nice setup that you have.
[01:54.620 –> 01:58.000] You have now officially kicked off your campaign for Attorney.
[01:58.000 –> 01:58.500] General.
[01:58.500 –> 01:59.000] That’s right.
[01:59.000 –> 02:05.140] Tell us a little bit about your decision to go from being the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the State Senate,
[02:05.140 –> 02:08.620] which is a powerful position, and now you’ve decided to make this statewide run.
[02:09.040 –> 02:09.540] That’s right.
[02:09.540 –> 02:18.080] And so if you know anything about my past in the legislature, I represented and have represented an area that’s been a challenging area to get elected as a Republican in.
[02:18.340 –> 02:24.160] And we’ve been challenged every two years with very difficult elections going back to 2012 when I first ran for the State House.
[02:24.160 –> 02:27.580] So we had 2012, 2014, 16, 18, 20.
[02:27.580 –> 02:27.920] Yeah.
[02:28.460 –> 02:29.560] 22, 24.
[02:29.960 –> 02:31.060] We’ve run a lot of campaigns.
[02:31.400 –> 02:37.840] And what we’ve seen year after year is we’ve been able to get elected by working hard and staying true to who we are.
[02:38.620 –> 02:48.880] And after we won all these elections and we had some very difficult elections, there was one, I believe it was in 2020, where Stacey Abrams did a rally near my house for my opponent.
[02:49.220 –> 02:50.880] That’s just good politics right there.
[02:50.880 –> 02:51.460] Good politics.
[02:51.460 –> 02:55.060] We saw Howard Dean at one point putting money in for my opponent randomly.
[02:55.060 –> 02:57.160] We had George Soros putting money in.
[02:57.160 –> 02:58.820] And we had very difficult elections.
[02:58.820 –> 03:00.240] We won those elections.
[03:00.240 –> 03:05.560] And then what we saw after we won is attempts to change the districts and the courts.
[03:06.220 –> 03:09.800] And so we went from winning at the ballot box to having to go fight in the courthouse.
[03:10.280 –> 03:14.800] And we’re seeing the same thing with what we’re with the policies we passed in the Gold Dome.
[03:15.580 –> 03:23.660] I got elected, winning in a district that was very hard for Republicans, but I went to the Capitol year after year and fought for conservative principles, conservative values.
[03:24.020 –> 03:26.920] And I was known as a workhorse that got a lot of tough issues.
[03:26.920 –> 03:32.840] issues through the legislature and what we’ve seen issues such as the heartbeat bill constitutional
[03:32.840 –> 03:39.300] carry the election integrity law when the left loses these debates at the state capitol they go
[03:39.300 –> 03:43.420] again to the courthouse they go from the state house to the courthouse to try to challenge our
[03:43.420 –> 03:48.120] laws there and so that’s what i love about about the attorney general’s office this is the new
[03:48.120 –> 03:54.140] front line when it comes to preserving our values in georgia you can pass great laws as we’ve done
[03:54.140 –> 03:59.640] under the gold don we have to go and defend those laws in the courthouse after that okay a couple of
[03:59.640 –> 04:03.840] things that you mentioned there um the lines that were redrawn i mean those were redrawn by
[04:03.840 –> 04:09.300] republicans this wasn’t an effort to make it harder for you to get elected um but just didn’t
[04:09.300 –> 04:13.140] you know they need to write redraw the lines but it did get tougher for you got more democratic
[04:13.140 –> 04:17.100] it got tougher and i’m not talking about the redrawing the lines themselves that’s something
[04:17.100 –> 04:22.420] that we’re required to do every 10 years i’m talking about winning elections and then seeing
[04:22.420 –> 04:24.040] attempts for political reasons
[04:24.040 –> 04:29.920] to file lawsuits to try to change the lines to benefit the democrats and we saw them targeting
[04:29.920 –> 04:35.440] me time after time we saw multiple lawsuits after the 2020 election we saw lawsuits after the 2016
[04:35.440 –> 04:41.140] election i was in as well challenging our lines trying to win the the fight you couldn’t win the
[04:41.140 –> 04:46.860] ballot box at the courthouse and it goes again the same theme we see a lot of times at the gold
[04:46.860 –> 04:53.700] dome you see issues where we vote to defend georgia’s values and support policies that we
[04:53.700 –> 04:54.020] were electing and we were electing to defend georgia’s values and support policies that we
[04:54.020 –> 05:00.720] elected to to support and then you see an effort to to bypass that and go straight to a judge and
[05:00.720 –> 05:05.600] try to get overturned okay let’s do a little a quick introduction get to know you for our listeners who
[05:05.600 –> 05:10.160] may not be familiar with you from your work down at the state senate so far um grew up in henry
[05:10.160 –> 05:14.700] county as you said on a family farm that’s right your parent your parents were farmers yeah my dad
[05:14.700 –> 05:19.620] my dad is still farming to this day he is i can’t say the very last row crop farmer in henry county
[05:19.620 –> 05:23.380] there’s still a couple other row crop farmers around but he still has row crop farms surrounded
[05:24.020 –> 05:30.580] in henry county and so i grew up there and um when i grew up in henry county it was very rural
[05:30.580 –> 05:34.640] at the time of course my dad would say it was very rural when he was growing up before 75 even went
[05:34.640 –> 05:40.220] through um but we’ve seen it become very much a metro county in the meantime as it’s grown so much
[05:40.220 –> 05:43.900] yeah it’s kind of like that country farm dirt cheap you know they keep trying to buy the farmer’s
[05:43.900 –> 05:48.260] farm but he just absolutely he’s not gonna sell that’s right he will not sell it um but now you
[05:48.260 –> 05:53.380] went to law school so you’re not a you’re not a family farmer i broke the trend i’m the first one
[05:53.380 –> 05:54.000] as far back as i can tell you i’m a lawyer i’m a lawyer i’m a lawyer i’m a lawyer i’m a lawyer
[05:54.020 –> 06:00.300] we know that it’s not farming and so i decided to go to law school first person in my family to
[06:00.300 –> 06:04.860] go to law school and came back home after i went to law school went to volusia state university
[06:04.860 –> 06:09.380] got economics degree and then i went to law school in jacksonville at florida coastal school of law
[06:09.380 –> 06:13.480] and i came back home and i started practicing right in my hometown of mcdonough where i still
[06:13.480 –> 06:17.020] practice to this day okay you were in the state house before you were in the state senate what
[06:17.020 –> 06:22.720] got you into politics so that’s what my my parents would laugh because they’d say there’s there’s
[06:24.020 –> 06:28.820] we’re not a political family um now they say that they still make comments and i would know how they
[06:28.820 –> 06:34.400] felt politically on certain issues um but for me it was all about making change and i saw quickly
[06:34.400 –> 06:39.180] growing up that if you want to have a really big impact you got to get yourself in position to do
[06:39.180 –> 06:44.800] that and and so when i went to law school the reason i went to law school is i wanted to have
[06:44.800 –> 06:50.100] the ability to go and fight for that little guy against the big guy in court because the court’s
[06:50.100 –> 06:53.380] a place where everybody is equal and at least they’re supposed to be
[06:53.380 –> 06:58.720] and and so i wanted to be that guy that could go and defend people in the judicial process
[06:58.720 –> 07:03.400] and then with politics i learned quickly too that that is how you make big change
[07:03.400 –> 07:07.660] and so i started getting involved from as soon as i was at a law school i was involved in a
[07:07.660 –> 07:13.220] community through non-profits did some campaign work and next thing you know 2012 comes along
[07:13.220 –> 07:20.020] and the redrawn house lines from 2010 created a new house seat inside of henry county where i grew
[07:20.020 –> 07:23.360] up and people said you got to run for this and i said i’m not an affirmative
[07:23.380 –> 07:27.620] i’m ready for that yet but everybody kept pushing me to run and and the rest is history i ran that
[07:27.620 –> 07:31.900] year and won and been running ever since how old were you then because you’re you’re just 41 now
[07:31.900 –> 07:38.540] yeah i was 28 at the time okay so i was single uh before i really met my wife we’d met previously
[07:38.540 –> 07:43.580] she wouldn’t remember if i did but um we’d met and she will joke and say he still had his old
[07:43.580 –> 07:48.440] spiked up hair and gel in his hair i was young and single and trying to get my way through life
[07:48.440 –> 07:53.300] before i found lindsey okay well then now you go through the state house
[07:53.380 –> 07:59.780] into the state senate i i have covered you in the state senate watched you there um you were one of
[07:59.780 –> 08:04.140] the republicans really taking a lead on things like family leave family medical leave people i
[08:04.140 –> 08:08.320] don’t think typically expect republicans to take the lead on something like that also mental health
[08:08.320 –> 08:14.300] especially as it intersects with uh the criminal justice system getting people help sooner um what
[08:14.300 –> 08:20.960] were your priorities in the state senate and so my goal every year was to not just do something
[08:20.960 –> 08:23.200] that i could talk about in the campaign trail not just
[08:23.380 –> 08:28.080] vote for an issue and go out they didn’t really do anything go out and campaign on it always look
[08:28.080 –> 08:33.420] for hard things to take on and you look at things like sick leave that bill is a very difficult bill
[08:33.420 –> 08:37.880] to get passed but we got it passed with republicans democrats coming together and voting for it and
[08:37.880 –> 08:43.760] all that bill said was that if you have accrued sick leave you can use that to care for other
[08:43.760 –> 08:47.520] family members that you’re caring for that’s not a red or blue issue that’s something that so many
[08:47.520 –> 08:53.240] people single parents grandparents that are they’re raising children um need that or caring
[08:53.240 –> 08:53.360] for their children and they’re not going to be able to do that because they’re not going to be able to
[08:53.380 –> 08:53.400] care for their children and they’re not going to be able to do that because they’re not going to
[08:53.400 –> 08:58.380] special needs child and then you look at mental health reform to me it started with criminal
[08:58.380 –> 09:02.980] justice reform under governor deal and i was fortunate to get to carry the very last piece
[09:02.980 –> 09:07.300] of criminal justice reform for governor deal in 2018 when i was new in the senate and then i was
[09:07.300 –> 09:12.360] able to carry um legislation dealing with mental health of course from day one in the senate as
[09:12.360 –> 09:17.880] well and it continues this idea that you know there are people that should be locked up those
[09:17.880 –> 09:23.220] that are dangerous society we have to be tough we have to get gangs under control we got of course
[09:23.220 –> 09:28.600] deal with human traffickers we’ve got to get people that need to be in prison in prison but
[09:28.600 –> 09:33.780] there are people out there that can be lifted out of the system and become taxpayers again and it
[09:33.780 –> 09:38.360] saves the state money versus leaving you in the system getting you out if you can prove yourself
[09:38.360 –> 09:43.340] that you’re willing to work and get a job and become a taxpayer it saves the state money it’s
[09:43.340 –> 09:47.700] the right thing for that person that family because what you do is you stop a cycle of crime at that
[09:47.700 –> 09:52.240] point and mental health reform is the same way there are people that that need resources from
[09:52.240 –> 09:53.200] the state um and they’re not going to be able to do that because they’re not going to be able to
[09:53.220 –> 09:57.480] um we have a federal parity law that was not being enforced when it comes to insurance companies
[09:57.480 –> 10:02.920] um covering mental health the same way they cover physical health so that’s something i was proud to
[10:02.920 –> 10:07.220] work on again i think it goes my reputation of not being afraid to take on some very tough battles
[10:07.220 –> 10:11.180] and when those bills come to the floor they pass pretty much unanimously but it’s getting them to
[10:11.180 –> 10:16.060] the floor that’s always the challenge uh you also were the chairman of the judiciary committee when
[10:16.060 –> 10:22.900] governor kemp’s tort reform bill huge package came through um how did you balance your role
[10:23.220 –> 10:28.520] as a trial attorney as well as somebody who is close with the governor supports the governor and
[10:28.520 –> 10:33.000] saw this bill coming down yeah so my practice is a very general practice i’ve been on both sides
[10:33.000 –> 10:36.440] those kind of cases i’ve represented and i still do business owners they’re being sued
[10:36.440 –> 10:40.320] a lot of times it’s frivolous cases they’re having to spend money just to get dismissed
[10:40.320 –> 10:45.060] i’ve also represented people that without the court system as i mentioned earlier would have
[10:45.060 –> 10:49.300] no way of standing up for themselves that fighting fighting big business and fighting
[10:49.300 –> 10:53.200] someone’s taking advantage of them and so when the when that bill came to
[10:53.220 –> 10:58.500] those bills came to the senate judiciary committee i did what i was expected to do is i read the bills
[10:58.500 –> 11:03.380] work through them i spent a lot of time with the governor’s team going section by section
[11:03.380 –> 11:08.100] trying to make sure we got it right because we need to bring down rates in our state we need
[11:08.100 –> 11:13.780] to take on and stop these frivolous cases that we all can give examples of but at the same time we
[11:13.780 –> 11:18.100] got to preserve the system that we have and preserve our constitutional rights and so i think
[11:18.100 –> 11:22.580] that bill got to a place where it had that balance which is why i supported it but it was a lot of
[11:22.580 –> 11:23.220] work to get there
[11:23.220 –> 11:26.740] and governor’s camp team was great and working with me on that bill
[11:26.740 –> 11:31.300] okay we are here with state senator brian strickland a newly announced candidate for
[11:31.300 –> 11:37.140] attorney general here in georgia on the attorney general’s race what do you see as the role of the
[11:37.140 –> 11:38.660] attorney general here in the state now
[11:38.660 –> 11:43.220] and so i think it’s really shifted obviously there’s the traditional role of
[11:43.220 –> 11:47.460] representing the agencies we want to make sure our state agencies are delivering what they should be
[11:47.460 –> 11:52.340] for our citizens representing the governor standing up for georgia at the federal level
[11:53.220 –> 11:57.460] what we saw with joe biden was a lot of efforts to undo a lot of what the state was trying to do on
[11:57.460 –> 12:02.260] our own and so i’m happy to see president trump restoring a lot of the rights back to georgia and
[12:02.260 –> 12:07.300] standing up for us at the federal level and so it’s defending president trump now and making
[12:07.300 –> 12:12.100] sure that georgia is represented in washington dc but now as i mentioned earlier we’re seeing
[12:12.100 –> 12:17.300] more and more of when the left can’t win a debate at the state house they go to the courthouse
[12:17.300 –> 12:22.100] and so it’s standing up look at the election integrity law when we would pass senate bill 202
[12:23.220 –> 12:27.940] he said they could vote five tell me is it that you also think we’re going to show gravity
[12:27.940 –> 12:32.340] conventionality when this is regulate絡 for election nature regulation um do you think
[12:32.340 –> 12:37.540] that this is what georgia is doing to protect the states from people like joe biden that she
[12:37.540 –> 12:45.940] made that use a lot earlier when you look to a victory act and what she did to cc abrams over
[12:46.500 –> 12:46.860] getting rid of steinberg and to win jo
[12:46.860 –> 12:47.460] theν but laji abrams called for a boycott of the all-start game we saw lawsuits filed saying this
[12:47.460 –> 12:48.580] bill is going to make it impossible for people to vote yeah what we saw was the opposite more people
[12:48.580 –> 12:52.180] voted we saw more secure elections more confidence in our elections we saw smoother elections and we saw we
[12:52.180 –> 12:56.800] the state house again to the courthouse itself, because that’s not where the debate ends. It’s
[12:56.800 –> 13:02.360] great to pass this great legislation at state capitol. It’s great to win on the debates of
[13:02.360 –> 13:06.260] the floor in the House and Senate. But then you go straight to a courthouse where you have to have
[13:06.260 –> 13:10.640] the legal experience and the fight in you to go win those fights there, too. Now, we have seen
[13:10.640 –> 13:16.520] Republicans, of course, were challenging the Biden administration over and over again in court. And
[13:16.520 –> 13:21.540] Attorney General Chris Carr joined in on lots of those lawsuits on behalf of the state. They were
[13:21.540 –> 13:27.760] typically GOP AGs suing the Biden administration. And then the attorney general would sign on to
[13:27.760 –> 13:36.080] those cases as well. Everything from girls sports to immigration over and over a lot of
[13:36.080 –> 13:40.920] it seemed like Republican efforts to do what you’re talking about, suing the administration
[13:40.920 –> 13:44.180] over what they were doing. Do you see those as comparable?
[13:45.240 –> 13:51.080] Well, what you saw under Joe Biden was attempt after attempt to take power away from the states.
[13:51.540 –> 13:57.180] Issues where we would debate the issue against the state capital. We have those who elected us,
[13:57.180 –> 14:01.260] we’re passing the laws they expect us to pass. Then you saw a federal government that came in
[14:01.260 –> 14:07.020] and said, we know better than you. I applaud the attempts that we’ve seen from Chris Carr and other
[14:07.020 –> 14:11.820] Republican AGs when they went after the Biden administration. We also saw a Biden administration
[14:11.820 –> 14:16.220] that refused to enforce the border laws we had at the time. And we saw the impact in Georgia,
[14:16.220 –> 14:20.840] not a border state, but we saw the impact of an open border policy. We still see the impact today
[14:20.840 –> 14:21.520] that that caused. But we saw the impact of an open border policy. We saw the impact of an open border
[14:21.540 –> 14:26.340] our state. And so there are times where you have to play offense, you have to stand up for our
[14:26.340 –> 14:31.400] state at the federal level. And luckily, now we have a president that is doing things in the
[14:31.400 –> 14:36.500] opposite way. He has secured the border, he’s enforcing the laws we have on the books, and he’s
[14:36.500 –> 14:43.000] also restoring powers to the states. And I think for me, most people would rather have decisions
[14:43.000 –> 14:47.060] made here in Atlanta for them at the state capitol than relying upon Washington, D.C. to do that.
[14:47.060 –> 14:52.920] Talk a little bit about President Trump and what you see as his role right now. There are
[14:52.920 –> 14:57.600] concerns on the left that the president is attacking the rule of law by suing or rather
[14:57.600 –> 15:03.840] issuing executive orders against law firms by requiring pro bono work to stave off potential
[15:03.840 –> 15:10.220] other executive orders. Do you feel like the president is upholding the rule of law in the
[15:10.220 –> 15:15.160] actions that he’s taking so far in the White House? I do. And let me say this. I mentioned
[15:15.160 –> 15:17.040] earlier that I’ve dealt with law
[15:17.040 –> 15:23.500] suits after elections. You know, we saw multiple attempts to go after the district I was representing,
[15:23.600 –> 15:29.540] go after the seat that I’ve had that were not successful in the federal courts. That pales in
[15:29.540 –> 15:33.420] comparison to what President Trump has been through. You talk about lawfare, you talk about
[15:33.420 –> 15:38.880] what the left has thrown at him through our judicial process. And what bothers me as an
[15:38.880 –> 15:45.300] attorney is people, everyday people have less and less faith in the process because they’ve seen
[15:45.300 –> 15:46.760] what the left has done to President Trump.
[15:47.040 –> 16:11.280] They’ve seen what the left has done to President Trump in the last four years and what they continue to do today as he now implements the policies that he won an election on. And so I applaud him for pushing back and standing up for himself in the judicial branch of government. And again, as Attorney General in Georgia, I’ll defend him and stand up for his rights to give power back to the states and implement the laws that he ran on, the policies that he ran on.
[16:11.280 –> 16:16.280] You are going to have a GOP opponent in the primary, State Senator Bill Cousert.
[16:17.040 –> 16:19.480] So you guys used to see each other all the time in the State Senate.
[16:20.000 –> 16:25.600] Will you seek the president’s endorsement in that GOP primary? He did endorse in the last Attorney General race.
[16:25.720 –> 16:47.020] Yeah, I’m not sure President Trump will want to endorse in our race or not, but I’d be happy to have his endorsement. I think that my reputation speaks for itself. And we’ve gone over a little bit of some of the stuff I’ve worked on in the past. But you know, you’re getting with me. You get someone that’s going to fight hard every single day, not just to win the election, but also beyond that is going to take that fight to the courthouse that we need to defend our policy. So I’d be happy to have that.
[16:47.040 –> 16:48.640] I’d be happy to have President Trump’s endorsement.
[16:49.300 –> 16:56.520] How would you describe the difference between you and Senator Cousert when you’re talking to GOP voters ahead of the primary going into this cycle?
[16:56.840 –> 17:15.400] Well, the good news is I’m going to talk about Brian Strickland, not Bill Cousert, because he will campaign for himself. I’ve worked with Bill a lot over the years, and I’m here to talk about my race and my campaign. I have a reputation that you’ve alluded to. And so I tell people, if you want to know about me, go and ask those that have worked with me.
[17:15.400 –> 17:17.000] Go ask Ranking File.
[17:17.040 –> 17:22.200] I’ve talked to all members of General Assembly about their experience working with me. Ask them about my reputation. I’m proud to run on that.
[17:22.740 –> 17:27.300] And what are going to be your priorities as Attorney General? You’ve talked about them a little bit, but fine tune that a little bit.
[17:27.740 –> 17:47.020] Yeah. And so looking, most importantly, I think it’s going over and defending again the policies we’ve already put in place at the state level. We’ve had a lot of great victories in Georgia. Georgia is a place that especially since 2020, people are flocking to. Our economy is outperforming other states because of our tax policies, because our conservative fiscal
[17:47.020 –> 18:13.220] policies. We see people wanting to move here and live here and raise their families. And what you’re going to see is attempts from the left to overturn that. You’re going to see that starting next year in the 26th election. And so to me, we’ve got to win in 26, which I believe I’m most equipped to do. But second, we’ve got to continue that fight in 27 to defend these values that make people want to go to Georgia. And that to me is the number one job the Attorney General is standing up for the values that we have in our state.
[18:13.220 –> 18:16.820] Georgia is increasingly a battleground state. I would be very surprised.
[18:17.020 –> 18:22.280] If you don’t have a well-funded Democratic opponent as well.
[18:22.360 –> 18:22.660] Sure.
[18:22.960 –> 18:32.100] For our listeners, what’s the difference between having a Brian Strickland and a Democrat who is going to be running for this race as well when they’re making their choice?
[18:32.920 –> 18:46.480] With Brian Strickland, you get someone that’s going to stand up for the conservative principles that we have in place. For me, it’s really about our family values and our commitment to faith in our state is going to continue those efforts. I mean, that’s what you’re going to get with me.
[18:46.540 –> 18:47.000] You’re going to get someone that’s going to stand up for the conservative principles that we have in place.
[18:47.020 –> 18:56.220] You’re going to get someone that’s going to go into our state agencies. We haven’t talked a lot about that. But my background dealing with mental health reform in particular, we’re going to make sure our agencies are working for the everyday Georgian.
[18:56.720 –> 19:02.620] We’re going to make sure that you don’t have lawfare going on in our courts. You don’t have folks going after people for political reasons.
[19:03.220 –> 19:10.380] You’re going to make sure that things like the Election Integrity Act, our election laws are upheld. Our heartbeat bill is upheld.
[19:10.380 –> 19:14.860] Our constitutional rights were not just the first amendment, the second amendment rights too.
[19:15.020 –> 19:16.640] The constitutional care is a great example.
[19:17.020 –> 19:22.800] An issue I worked on, you’re going to see all those laws defended, more of our individual freedoms in our state defended.
[19:23.300 –> 19:28.400] All right. Well, State Senator Brian Strickland, newly announced candidate for attorney general here in Georgia.
[19:28.600 –> 19:30.180] Congratulations on launching the race.
[19:30.340 –> 19:30.540] Thank you.
[19:30.560 –> 19:32.060] We will have you back again soon.
[19:32.200 –> 19:32.780] Thanks for having me.
[19:32.860 –> 19:33.620] All right. Thanks so much.

AJC’s Patricia Murphy let’s Strickland run his mouth unfettered for quite a while. For a hundred life changing issues we face, promulgated by his firm in Henry County. AJC doesn’t have the guts to scrutinize any of it. Atlanta Media is just a Public Relations firm pursuing their own interests in land development for the Cox family. I hope it’s worth the paycheck, dorks.