7 Scandals In 7 Days: One Governor's Very Bad Week

It's safe to say that this past week was not the best for Nathan Deal. It must be hard to be the governor of Georgia, what with all those pesky whistleblowers, journalists and students. In the past 7 days we've counted 7 scandals. It was hard keeping track of all of them, so we pulled this list together. Try and keep up.

1. While speaking to college students, he assumed (wrongly) that an immigration activist was undocumented.

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No really. It went like this:

Gov. Deal: I presume you are.... [undocumented]

Woman: I don't know why you thought I was undocumented. Is it because I look Hispanic?

Apparently you can tell a person's citizenship status just by looking at them. #NewSuperpower

2. An investigation showed Gov. Deal rewarded the families who bankrolled his campaign with plum seats on the state's top boards.

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Yea, we did a spit take too when we saw the headline.

Side note: Gov. Deal appointed only 5 women and 1 African-American out of 51 seats. #Diversity

3. A leaked email from Gov. Deal's staff promised favors for state legislators in return for campaign contributions.

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You just can't make this stuff up.

4. On Wednesday, a watchdog group filed a complaint against the governor's top staff for illegal conduct.

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The governor's top staff intervened in an ethics investigation of his campaign, allegedly even threatening the top ethics official. The silver fox has seen a lot in his day, but we think he would agree this is just wrong.

5. Now the governor is struggling to explain why he takes $10k a month from a business that owes Georgia $74 million in back taxes.

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Because earning millions for yourself always takes priority over funding education or helping middle-class families...

6. And a judge is questioning why the state hid evidence in a major ethics trial that kept the governor off the witness stand.

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What memos? There were no memos? We promise!

7. When you act like this, it's probably better to keep the press away. Maybe that's why he stayed silent as a journalist was dragged out of a GOP rally Gov. Deal was headlining.

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Gov. Deal sat idly by as a videographer was dragged from a public rally.

Did we mention that she was invited to the event? So much for transparency.

Gov. Deal, of course, had no comment.

What. A. Week.

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7 scandals in 7 days.

We know, it's hard to keep up.

We think it's safe to say that #GeorgiasReady for an honest government. #ChangeTheDeal