GA State Senate Candidate Desires Weaker Drunk Driving Legal guidelines

For those who go to Georgia state senate candidate Josh McKay’s marketing campaign website, it appears fairly customary for a Republican. The yellow and white colour scheme is a bit sudden, and the problems web page may simply have been copied from a generic Republican template. Religion. Household. Freedom. No matter. However what’s not there may be that he’s a part of a company combating to loosen drunk driving legal guidelines.

11 Alive reviews that McKay sits on the board of the Nationwide Motorists Affiliation, a equally bland-sounding group that most likely needs safer roads or one thing. Besides it’s not. Amongst different issues, the NMA thinks drunk driving legal guidelines wrongly take away your freedom.

By the way, McKay additionally reportedly obtained a DUI again in 2002.

When 11 Alive reached out to McKay for a remark, they are saying he by no means responded. However the spokesperson for the NMA did, and it certain was one thing.

“You may nanny folks all you need. However many individuals must determine for themselves how a lot they’ll take once they drive, like distracted driving,” Shelia Dunn, a spokesperson for the NMA informed 11 Alive.

For those who’re curious, the NMA can be towards legal guidelines banning drivers from utilizing cell telephones whereas driving, having pace bumps in neighborhoods, and including bike lanes to streets. All very regular stuff.

As you possibly can think about, Georgia’s solicitor normal, Brian Whiteside, isn’t thrilled with McKay and the NMA, telling 11 Alive, “We have a look at the evolution of autos. Autos are quicker than they’ve ever been. It’s irresponsible in regard to the realities of the world. For those who’re (working) to be a state consultant, I might critically query your data about what occurs to victims [of DUI].”

McKay’s opponent Nabilah Islam, a radical leftist clearly out to take all of your freedom, additionally launched an announcement saying, “Georgians are divided on many necessary points, however we must always all agree that drunk driving is dangerous. Somebody who needs to allow extra consuming and driving is just not match to serve within the legislature.”

I’d say it’s disappointing that the pro-drunk driving man obtained the Republican nomination, however come on. That is the state that determined Herschel Fucking Walker deserved the nomination. However like Walker, don’t assume McKay has the election within the bag. I couldn’t discover any present polling for this specific race, however Georgia’s seventh district picked Biden and Ossoff over Trump and Perdue in 2020, so it ought to not less than be shut.

For those who’d like to assist be sure that the DUI man doesn’t get elected, you possibly can donate to Nabilah Islam’s marketing campaign right here.