New York Post

Vile pol makes ass of himself

- By NATALIE MUSUMECI nmusumeci@nypost.com

A Georgia lawmaker pulled down his pants and shouted racial slurs on camera after being convinced by prankster Sacha Baron Cohen those were surefire ways of deterring terrorists.

In the second episode of Cohen’s Showtime show, “Who is America?” — which aired Sunday night — Republican state Rep. Jason Spencer is seen conversing with Cohen, who was pretending to be an Israeli anti-terrorism expert named Col. Erran Morad training officials on how to deal with terrorists.

“Because of who you are, you could be the victim of kidnapping by ISIS . . . you have two seconds to attract attention. How do you attract attention?” Cohen asks Spencer.

Spencer’s response echoed offensive advice offered by the comedian.

“You start screaming . . . take your clothes off,” Spencer says, and yells oncamera: “N---er, n---er, n---er, n---er!”

Cohen also tells Spencer that ISIS is “scared of being seen as homo[sexual]” and that he will teach him “how to use your buttocks to intimidate ISIS.”

Cohen then gets Spencer drop his pants, exposing his bare buttocks.

“I’ll touch you! I’ll touch you with my buttocks! You better drop the gun or I’ll touch you . . . USA, motherf---er,” Spencer is heard shouting as he runs around with his pants at his ankles.

After the damning episode aired, Georgia House Speaker David Ralston said Spencer “disgraced himself and should resign immediatel­y.”

Spencer apologized, but said he won’t quit. “I recently lost my primary election, so I will not eligible to hold office next term. Therefore, I will finish the remaining five months at my post and vacate my seat,” he said.

Spencer defended his behavior, saying Cohen hit a nerve because his life was threatened in 2017 for introducin­g a bill to ban burkas in public.

“Then, on June 14th, a gunman opened fire at members of Congress on a baseball field. I knew people on that field. Now, the fears I already had became more intensifie­d,” Spencer said.

He claimed Cohen “took advantage of my paralyzing fear that my family would be attacked. In posing as an Israeli agent, he pretended to offer selfdefens­e exercises. As uncomforta­ble as I was to participat­e, I agreed.”

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