Martha Zoller asks Gov Brian Kemp about illegal immigration on the air, May 14, 2021 "laser focused"

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Georgia Gov Brian Kemp on illegal immigration (and the border), May 14, 2021 920-ish days after the 2018 campaign: “Well, we’re not seeing any impact right, right now. You know, we’re laser, laser focused on that issue, from our state government perspective.”

To keep up (and remember):

Candidate Brian Kemp’s 2018 “Track and Deport Plan” which included the creation of a public criminal alien database here.

Candidate Brian Kemp’s 2018 #BigTruckTrick TV ad here.

The Dustin Inman Society’s counter on how many days since Gov Kemp made these promises on illegal immigration in Georgia here.

Letter from a retired federal immigration agent and most of our Brian Kemp file here.

For those who have not caught on yet, the game has been to totally ignore the crisis. But now with Biden making it worse at the border, Kemp is still ignoring it in Georgia but hoping voters will focus on the border and forget his promises and not find out that that multiple state laws in place aimed at illegal immigration – some of which he voted for as state senator – are treated as optional. Just one example? Try this.

Just before 9:00 AM, and after I saw that Georgia Gov Brian Kemp was to be an on air guest at WDUN -AM radio, I sent out three tweets yesterday tagging Gov Kemp and radio host (and former Kemp administration staffer) Martha Zoller in hopes Martha would ask Kemp about his campaign pledges. That is not what happened, but she did bring up the border and asked Georgia’s governor if we were seeing “an impact” in Georgia and what we should do about it. Keep in mind that Georgia is already home to more illegal aliens than Arizona. In his bizarre response to Zoller, Kemp told Zoller Georgia is not seeing any impact and assured Zoller – and listeners that the state government over which he is Chief Executive is “laser focused” on “that issue.”

My Tweets below. Under that a transcript and audio of the relevant segment of the Martha Zoller Show yesterday morning – and a link to the podcast so you can hear the entire show. I called in later and made the mistake of allowing a pause in my remarks…the topic was again shifted to the border. BTW, who is the Biden supporter co-host?

Podcast here.

It’s the top of the 9:00AM show segment.

Start at 05:42-ish.

Transcript from Rev.com

Host, Martha Zoller: Well, you have a long history, uh, about, uh, immigration enfo- re- [00:06:00] enforcement. In 2006, you chaired the Public Safety Committee, when you were State Senator. Um, you’ve been to the border recently. We had a question that came in about your concerns, or what is going to happen related to I- illegal immigration, with all the people that are coming through the border and are part of this whole, um, catch-and-release, and this sort of thing. W- are we seeing an impact in Georgia, number one? And number two, what should we do about it?

Brian Kemp: Well, we’re not seeing any impact right, right now, [00:06:30] in Georgia. We’ve got our … You know, we’re laser, laser focused on that issue, from our state government perspective. But you know that’s gonna filter our way. I mean, it is, it is outrageous what’s going on at the border, and either the President and the Vice President … who’s in charge of the border crisis now … either doesn’t have a clue as to what’s going on, or they just don’t care.

Um, much different when I went down there just a few weeks ago, than when I was there in December. Um, just the, the message [00:07:00] that the Biden administration had, of, of inviting people to illegal en- illegally enter this country, is just … I mean, it’s a terrible policy. And why they cannot realize this … I mean, record number of apprehensions on the border. And I can promise you, Martha, if there was more people there policing, from a Border Patrols perspective, or other law enforcement, it would be even higher than it is.

I mean, these cartels have gone from not only smuggling drugs across, but they’re smuggling people [00:07:30] and, you know, goods, and, and other things. And, you know, they’re smart. And they know that if they’re close to getting caught, all they’ve got to do is start throwing people in the river that can’t swim, and the Border Patrol agents, or the Texas, uh, State Patrol, is going to have to go save those people. And while that distraction’s going on … And they cause these distract- distractions on purpose.

They’re floating a homemade barge with a, you know, a, a small, you know, compact pick-up full of drugs, across the river, and driving [00:08:00] it in- inland. And we know that those drugs and that contraband, uh, is going to end up in the State of Georgia at some point, or the … around the rest of the country. And that’s not to mention the, the human trafficking and other things that are going on, on, on the border. And it, it is … it’s just unbelievable, how different it is, and …

You know, we need all to continue to press the administration to take some action. I certainly have been doing that.

Host, Martha Zoller: Governor Bryan Camp, thanks so much for your time today. Good news yesterday about the masks. [00:08:30] It seems like we- we never have a week with a slow news week, but it’s going to be, uh, it’s going to be a great week. Thanks for being with us today.

—>UPDATE: The liberal AJC prints a lengthy correction after demand letter from the Dustin Inman Society. More news on this coming soon.

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Daily Signal News report (‘DEFAMATORY’: Conservative Demands Swing-State Newspaper Retract ‘Hate Group’ Smear’)
on the recent AJC attack here by the great Tyler O’Neil.

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I added educational hyperlinks to the below letter – dak.

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October 18, 2024

VIA U.S. REGULAR MAIL & E-MAIL

Leroy Chapman, Jr., Editor in Chief THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION 223 Perimeter Center Pkwy NE Atlanta, Georgia 30346

Re: Demand for Retraction and Apology

Dear Mr. Chapman, Jr.:

I write on behalf of my client, the Dustin Inman Society (DIS), to demand an immediate retraction and apology for the defamatory statements published in your October 7, 2024, article titled “Democrats in this Georgia district are backing a write-in candidate” by Tia Mitchell.

Through use of internet links, the AJC article wrongfully characterizes the Dustin Inman Society as a “Marietta-based anti-immigration hate group.” This characterization is false, defamatory, and published with actual malice. The Dustin Inman Society pushes for secure borders, is not “anti-immigration” and its proprietors do not hate anyone. Rather, DIS advocates for enforcement of U.S. immigration laws and actively opposes unlawful immigration. This distinction is crucial and well-known to staff at your publication.

I paste the offending paragraph from the AJC story:

“A search of activity under her birth name, Karen Sacandy, which Stamper legally changed in 2019, showed that she previously was aligned with a Marietta-based anti-immigration hate group. The group’s website often linked to Sacandy’s activities, like a letter seeking information about the state’s Immigration Enforcement Review Board and a copy of a letter to the editor supporting legislation to prevent immigrants claiming asylum from obtaining driver’s licenses.”

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October 18, 2024 Page 2

We note the AJC informs readers that the Dustin Inman Society “often” linked to Karen Sacandy/Kate Stamper activities — but produces only two occasions.

Your story, for which DIS founder and president D.A. King was not contacted, informs readers that Sacandy/Stamper “was aligned” with the Dustin Inman Society. We note that polls show that a majority of Americans oppose the federal offense of illegal immigration. Since the letter posted on the DIS site was a published missive to the editor at the Cherokee Tribune, we must ask: does this make that newspaper a “Cherokee County-based anti-immigration hate group”?

Your characterization demonstrates a reckless and vindictive disregard for the truth, rising to the level of actual malice as defined in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. Actual malice in defamation law refers to publication of a statement with knowledge that it is false or with reckless disregard of whether it is false or not. Your repeated mischaracterization of the Dustin Inman Society, despite having been corrected on numerous occasions, clearly meets this standard.

The Dustin Inman Society’s position on immigration is clear and public:

1. It supports sustainable levels of legal immigration through established channels.

2. It opposes unlawful immigration due to various societal concerns, including: – Strain on public resources and services
– Potential and real public safety issues
– Economic impacts on low-wage American workers and America’s poor

– Challenges to the rule of law

3. The Dustin Inman Society defends legal immigrants when media attempt to blur the difference between them and illegal aliens.

Moreover, the Dustin Inman Society’s board includes lawful immigrants who have navigated the proper channels for authorized immigration. This fact alone should dispel any notion that the organization is “anti-immigration.” As he has informed you multiple times over much of the last two decades, D.A. King’s sister is a real, legal immigrant.

While we acknowledge that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the Dustin Inman Society as an “anti-immigrant hate group that denigrates all immigrants,” your article presents the “anti-immigration hate group” characterization as the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s independent assessment and statement of fact.

This smear is not only demonstrably false and ignores Mr. King’s many communications to you advising you of the truth, but also demonstrates an exceedingly unprofessional failure to fact-check and verify information before publication.

We demand that the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

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1. Immediately publicly retract the defaming statement in the October 7, 2024, article.

2. Publish a prominent apology, equal in visibility and placement to the original defamatory article.

3. Cease and desist from further defamatory characterizations of the Dustin Inman Society.

Failure to comply with these demands may result in further legal action. We expect your prompt attention to this matter and await your timely response.

Sincerely,

Todd V. McMurtry

cc: James Abely, Esq.