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| Think Progress |
| Georgia Rep. Kip Smith, who wants to drug test all welfare recipients, was arrested Friday morning for DUI. |
Hey, if you like fat-cat politicians who want to drug test welfare recipients even as they themselves cruise around drunk as fuck in their shiny sports cars, have I found a guy for you.
A conservative Georgia Republican who wants to piss test everyone on public assistance failed a test of his own Friday morning: he showed up intoxicated after he ran a red light, according to an Atlanta police report.
State Rep. Kip Smith, 29, of Columbus, was pulled over just after leaving Hal’s Restaurant; he allegedly ran a red light, and was arrested after failing the DUI test, reports Christopher Seward at
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Smith is a sponsor of Georgia House Bill 464, which would “require random drug testing” for citizens on public assistance, reports Judd Legum at
Think Progress. In response to Smith’s bill, state Rep. Scott Holcomb introduced
another bill last month that would require all Georgia lawmakers to be subject to random drug testing.
The traffic light had just turned red when Smith went through the intersection, according to Atlanta police Officer Z.A. Kramer, who was following the legislator’s gold 1998 Jaguar XJ8.
