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‘Political Rewind’ replay: Looking toward Monday’s unveiling of an MLK statue

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By Jim Galloway
Aug 25, 2017

Today's edition of GPB's "Political Rewind" steps off with the dilemma faced by two Jewish members of Donald Trump's cabinet, given the president's delayed and varying condemnation of white supremacist groups after the Charlottesville tragedy.

Beyond that, there's Monday's dedication of a statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the lawn of the state Capitol – the first African-American to be so honored, 49 years and four months after he was assassinated.

If you couldn’t catch it live, click below to listen now:

Today’s panelists: Host Bill Nigut; Andra Gillespie, the Emory University political scientist; GeorgiaPundit.com editor Todd Rehm; Democratic strategist Howard Franklin; and yours truly.

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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