Georgia Lawmaker Under Fire for Actions on 'Who Is America?'

Georgia Lawmaker Under
Fire for Actions on
'Who Is America?' Republican Rep. Jason Spencer appeared on a segment of Sacha Baron Cohen's show. Cohen, who was in the role of Israeli anti-terrorism expect Col. Erran Morad, convinced the lawmaker to conduct several racist and offensive acts. They included shouting the N-word several times at the top of his lungs, Dropping his trousers to, as Cohen's character Morad says, "use your buttocks to intimidate ISIS," and taking an illicit cell phone photo under a person's burqa while pretending to be a Chinese tourist. Calling Spencer's actions in the segment reprehensible, the Georgia House Speaker called for his immediate resignation. The segment even elicited a tweet from the Georgia Governor, Nathan Deal. Spencer told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he was convinced to participate because Showtime took advantage of his fears. Georgia Rep. Jason Spencer, via CNN Spencer recently lost his election and will be vacating his post in the Georgia House in five months.