Josh McLaurin

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Josh McLaurin
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 51st district
Assumed office
January 14, 2019
Preceded byWendell Willard
Personal details
Born
Joshua Ivan McLaurin

(1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 (age 35)
Georgia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceSandy Springs, Georgia
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
Yale University

Joshua Ivan McLaurin (born January 17, 1988) is an American politician who was first elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he succeeded longtime incumbent Wendell Willard following a race in which the Georgia Republican Party falsely accused him of failing to meet candidate residency requirements.[1][2]

In 2022, following Donald Trump's endorsement of J. D. Vance for that year's Senate election in Ohio, McLaurin revealed screenshots that he and Vance had in 2016 showing that Vance referred to Trump as "America's Hitler".[3]

References

  1. ^ Galloway, Jim; Bluestein, Greg; Hallerman, Tamar (November 2, 2018). "The Jolt: The Georgia GOP quickly settles a libel suit in state House race". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Ruch, John (November 7, 2018). "Democrat McLaurin wins bitter House race to succeed Willard; other results". Reporter Newspapers. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  3. ^ @JoshforGeorgia (April 18, 2022). "The screenshot below is @JDVance1's unfiltered explanation from 2016 of the breakdown in Republican politics that he now personally is trying to exploit.The "America's Hitler" bit is at the end. The public deserves to know the magnitude of this guy's bad faith" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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