Cruz backs Rick Jackson at Georgia rally, attacks former Atlanta mayor

Sen. Ted Cruz joined Republican candidate Rick Jackson for a campaign rally in Locust Grove, Georgia, where he attacked former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, labeling her tenure a “record of failure.” Cruz highlighted Jackson’s work placing over 2,500 foster children in homes and adopting more than 400, and contrasted that with Bottoms’ handling of crime and pandemic-era policing. He framed the race as a choice between “crazy and sane” governance and invoked religious themes about America’s destiny.

Jackson then outlined his agenda, including halving the state income tax, lowering property taxes, creating a public corruption unit, and improving literacy and Medicaid coverage. Both speakers emphasized voter turnout as decisive for the upcoming gubernatorial contest.