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Fact Check: FALSE

No.

In fact, Burt Jones and the Georgia state senate watered down legislation passed by the Georgia House of Representatives that would have dramatically impacted property taxes.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the  “Senate rejected a House proposal to significantly reduce property taxes for homeowners.”

More from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

“The Georgia House passed a proposal that would have put a meaningful check on rising property taxes…It was one of the most significant property tax reform proposals Georgia has seen in decades.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones led the Senate in rejecting that approach…

… In a 24 to 28 vote, the Senate stripped… the strongest protection for homeowners in the bill, and passed a weaker version that will do far less to ease the burden families are carrying. When the Senate had a chance to deliver real relief, Burt Jones led it in the other direction.”

Sources: https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/04/georgia-lawmakers-approve-income-tax-cut-property-tax-relief/

Georgia families need property tax relief, but Burt Jones failed to deliver

Fact Check: FALSE

No.

Rick Jackson has said he is for “prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in state government, public universities and classroom.”

Fox reported: “His platform is anchored by staunchly conservative priorities, such as eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in schools, enforcing criminal deportations, and slashing the state income tax in half.”

Channel 11 reported that Rick Jackson supports “banning ‘DEI insanity’ and criminalizing ‘reverse discrimination.’” 

Jackson has also said that his company recruits the same way the Georgia Bulldogs do. The best players hit the field, and he hires based on talent and skill. 

Source: Georgia billionaire Rick Jackson enters packed Georgia governor race | City News | redandblack.com

Source: Health care exec Rick Jackson enters Georgia governor race | FOX 5 Atlanta

Source: Rick Jackson, Atlanta healthcare businessman and ‘million dollar Trump donor’ announces run for governor | 11alive.com

Fact Check: FALSE

No.

In fact, Rick Jackson has given millions to support pro-life causes in Georgia and is well-known for his support of vulnerable children, especially those who grew up in foster care like he did.

Rick Jackson has supported nearly half a dozen crisis pregnancy centers in Georgia. Their sole mission to to PREVENT moms from aborting babies. The centers in Georgia include:
 
– Whispering Hope Women’s Resource & Pregnancy Center Inc
– Human Coalition
– A Beacon of Hope
– Atlanta Pregnancy Resource Centers
– Care Net

Jackson was a driving force behind Georgia’s Fostering Success Act, legislation designed to expand access to higher education for young adults who age out of the foster care system.[1] The law allows eligible former foster youth to attend Georgia’s public colleges and universities tuition-free, removing one of the largest barriers facing students who lack family financial support.[2]

Since the law’s passage, more than 500 former foster youth have enrolled in postsecondary education under the program.[3]

He is also a driving force behind FaithBridge Foster Care and helped expand it from a small initiative into one of Georgia’s largest private, Christ-centered child-placing agencies.[4]

According to its website: FaithBridge Foster Care is a nonprofit foster care and adoption agency based in Georgia that works with local churches to recruit, train, license, and support foster and adoptive families — especially for children who’ve experienced abuse, neglect, or trauma. It also offers programs for youth aging out of the foster care system and online training through FaithBridgeU, all centered on a Christian, community-based model of care.[5]

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[1] Allyson Reynolds, “Former Foster Child Rick Jackson Becomes Philanthropist Through Self-Made Fortune,” Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2/21/25

[2] Katherine Landergan, “Tax-Credit Program Seeks More Donors For Giving Former Foster Kids College Aid,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 12/13/23)

[3] Erick Mock, “Georgia Expands Tax Credit To Support Youth Aging Out Of Foster Care,” Fox 5 Atlanta, 4/18/25

[4] Naomi Schaefer Riley, “On Foster Care, Let Churches Lead,” News & Observer, 1/24/14

[5] FaithBridge Foster Care Website, Accessed 2/13/26

Fact Check: TRUE

Yes.

In 2020, Brad Raffensperger basically handed over control of Georgia’s elections to Stacey Abrams when he agreed to a consent decree that, among other changes, made it much harder for election workers who suspected fraud to disqualify absentee ballots.[1]

Raffensperger also took the unprecedented step of sending absentee ballot request forms to every registered voter in Georgia, regardless of whether or not they had requested one.[2]

Raffensperger refused to support President Trump’s calls for a recount of Georgia’s ballots, instead siding with the Democratic Party of Georgia and opposing the recount.[3]

Raffensperger’s handling of the 2020 election was so poor that Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue called for him to resign his office.[4]

Sources: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/30/georgia-election-law-replaces-verifying-ballot-sig/

https://sos.ga.gov/news/raffensperger-takes-unprecedented-steps-protect-safety-and-voter-integrity-georgia

https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/politics/judge-halts-move-by-trump-backed-attorney-to-block-election-results-in-georgia/article_94ef533e-8116-51bf-a268-18957c6de896.html

https://www.salon.com/2020/11/10/georgia-gop-senators-demand-gop-election-chief-resign-after-failing-to-outright-win-their-elections

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[1] Rowan Scarborough, “Georgia Election Law Replaces Verifying Ballot Signatures With Checking ID Numbers,” Washington Times, 3/31/21

[2] Georgia Secretary of State, “Raffensperger Takes Unprecedented Steps to Protect Safety and Voter Integrity in Georgia,” Press Release, 3/24/20

[3] Beau Evans, “Judge Halts Move By Trump-Backed Attorney To Block Election Results In Georgia,” Gwinnett Daily Post, 11/19/20

[4] Igor Derysh, “Georgia GOP Senators Demand GOP Election Chief Resign After Failing To Outright Win Their Elections,” Salon, 11/10/20

Fact Check: TRUE

Yes. Brad Raffensperger’s opposition to President Donald Trump dates back years, even prior to ballot counting in 2020.

He refused to serve as an honorary co-chair of the Trump campaign in Georgia and refused to endorse Trump for reelection.

According to ProPublica: “Long before Republican senators began publicly denouncing how Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger handled the voting there, he withstood pressure from the campaign of Donald Trump to endorse the president for reelection. Raffensperger, a Republican, declined an offer in January to serve as an honorary co-chair of the Trump campaign in Georgia.. He later rejected GOP requests to support Trump publicly, he and his staff said in interviews.”

Sources: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-campaign-officials-started-pressuring-georgias-secretary-of-state-long-before-the-election

Fact Check: FALSE

No. While often seeking to portray himself as a middle-of-the-road Democrat Jon Ossoff’s voting record suggests something far different.

Ossoff’s voting record reveals that when Democrats had control of the federal government, he largely voted to enable Joe Biden’s liberal agenda.

Specifically Ossoff supported:

• The American Rescue Plan ($1.9T COVID bill) – blamed by conservatives for fueling inflation.

• Inflation Reduction Act — criticized as Green New Deal–style spending by Republicans.

Ossoff also initially opposed the Laken Riley Act, which would hold criminal illegal aliens accountable, before flip-flopping and supporting the bill after it became clear that it would pass overwhelmingly.

Sources:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00110.htm

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00325.htm

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00113.htm

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00007.htm

Fact Check: TRUE

Yes. Burt Jones voted to weaken eminent domain restrictions by allowing local governments to condemn and transfer blighted property to private developers.

Burt Jones voted for legislation that allows local governments to use their power of eminent domain to condemn blighted property and transfer that property to private developers.

Prior to the legislation, HB 434, property taken through condemnation could not be converted to private use for 20 years. 

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution explained: “Th[e] two-decade pause is there to stop governments from seizing a property for a ‘public use,’ like widening a road, and then immediately selling to a developer for something else. HB 434 would allow a government to immediately transfer your property to a developer, which is exactly what voters in 2006 said they didn’t want. Powerful lobbying interests…support the bill, just like they opposed tougher eminent domain rules in 2006.”

Sources: https://www.ajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/watchdog-georgia-bill-lets-cities-take-blighted-land-for-developers/CYHlIymNbqUH72G1GVT6zI/

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50780