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220113-Atlanta-Gov. Brian Kemp, flanked by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) before delivering the State of the State address to a joint session of the Georgia Legislature on Thursday morning, Jan. 13, 2022. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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220113-Atlanta-Gov. Brian Kemp, flanked by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) before delivering the State of the State address to a joint session of the Georgia Legislature on Thursday morning, Jan. 13, 2022. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Jan 14, 2022

Gov. Brian Kemp laid out one of the most aggressive conservative legislative agendas in recent Georgia history.

In this episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, Political Insiders Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy take a closer look at what Kemp said in his State of the State address. And they breakdown President Joe Biden’s visit to Atlanta and the fallout from his comments.

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Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter.

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Patricia Murphy is the AJC's senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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