Political Rewind: Music Midtown canceled; Claiming unborn kids on taxes; Update on Fulton probe

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Music Midtown festival in 2016.

Credit: GPB News

The panel: 

Amy Steigerwalt, @DrSteigerwalt, political science professor, Georgia State University

Chauncey Alcorn, @CLamontLives, reporter, Capital B

Leo Smith, @leosmithtweets, GOP consultant, president of Engaged Futures

Tamar Hallerman, @TamarHallerman, senior reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The breakdown: 

1. Music Midtown festival canceled; reports show strife over Georgia's permissive gun laws. 

• Live Nation announced on Monday it was canceling the September festival held annually in Piedmont Park. 
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports sources familiar with the decision had concerns over a recent court ruling that could limit the organizers' ability to ban guns during the festival.
• The decision did not revolve around Georgia's new permitless carry law.
  • Rather, the debated stretches back to a 2014 state law that allows Georgians to legally carry firearms in a range of new places, including public land such as city-owned Piedmont Park.
• Some people question if other larger events will pull out of Georgia.

2. The Georgia Department of Revenue clears path to claim unborn children on taxes. 

• This is in response to the personhood provision of Georgia's six-week abortion ban. 
• According to the department, starting on July 20, 2022, taxpayers can claim an exemption in the amount of $3,000 per unborn child.

3. Sen. Lindsey Graham looks to challenge Fulton County probe in federal court.

• The South Carolina Republican seeks to move his subpoena by the Fulton County special grand jury from state to federal court.
  • This is a strategy that has worked for Rep. Jody Hice.

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Greg Bluestein joins the panel.