Political Rewind: The latest on 'Cop City' protests; Trump vs. Kemp in Columbus; MTG takes on Biden

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Hundreds of people lined up at City Hall to sign up to speak out against the police training center at a city council meeting May 15, 2023.

Credit: Amanda Andrews / GPB News

The panel

Jim Galloway, @JimJournalist, former political columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Michael Thurmond, CEO, DeKalb County

Sam Olens, @samolens, former Georgia attorney general

The breakdown

1. Hundreds turn out to denounce the planned Atlanta police training center at a City Council meeting.

• Last Monday, nearly 300 protesters gave hours of public comment to the Atlanta City Council. Afterwards, councilmember Dustin Hillis introduced an ordinance to allocate funding to the police training center.
• In an opinion for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mayor Andre Dickens laid our his case for the training center. He said the facility was about "comprehensive public safety."

2. Donald Trump's presence at the state Republican convention in Columbus signifies a rift between him and Gov. Brian Kemp.

• Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and other high-ranking Republicans signaled they'd skip the state convention as a large contingent of Republican lawmakers put their support behind Trump.
• Lt. Gov. Burt Jones will be in attendance. One of the accused 'false' electors, Jones recently signaled he could run for governor in 2026 with the support of Trump-affiliated Republicans.

3. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is filing articles of impeachment against several Biden administration officials.

• Greene announced she'd file charges against President Joe Biden, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves.
• She also got into a verbal confrontation with Rep. Jamaal Bowman, later alleging he called her a "white supremacist" and said "his physical mannerisms are aggressive."
• Rep. Bowman raised concern with the characterization, saying she put him in danger by evoking tropes used to demonize and justify harm against Black men.

4. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Rep. Lucy McBath joined Biden's call for new gun restrictions.

• On Thursday, the fifth anniversary of the 2018 Sante Fe High School shooting that left 10 people dead and 13 others wounded, President Joe Biden issued a statement urging Congress to act on a list of gun safety proposals.
• State Democrats also urged the governor to call a special session to address gun violence.

Monday on Political Rewind: The Atlanta Journal Constitution's Patricia Murphy joins the panel.