Democratic divide deepens over public safety training center

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is facing questions from some key Democrats about how the city will count signatures collected by those supporting a referendum on the city’s planned police training center. In this episode of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia, Patricia Murphy, Tia Mitchell, Greg Bluestein, and Bill Nigut ask whether Dickens is losing support from allies in his commitment to building the facility.

Also, some Georgia Republican members of Congress say they’re fine with a government shutdown if they don’t get what they want included in the budget bill.

Plus, a conservative organization begins running ads in Georgia to pressure GOP congress members to vote for continued aid to Ukraine – and Patricia Murphy talks to voters who say that despite their issues with President Biden, they’ll vote for him because they don’t want four more years of Donald Trump.

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Links to today's topics: 

 Atlanta’s training center referendum becomes new political battleground

Georgia Republicans in Congress divided on consequences, benefits of federal shutdown

Tension over Ukrainian aid divides Georgia Republicans as fiscal deadline nears

The Jolt: Georgia lawmakers get mixed marks on Ukraine by GOP group

OPINION: Biden’s 2020 voters still ridin’ with Biden in Georgia

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