Political Rewind: Crossover deadlines; Abrams and Kemp trade barbs; One year since Spa Shootings;

Credit: Sam Bermas-Dawes, GPB News

The panel: 

Greg Bluestein — Politics reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  

Rahul Bali — Politics reporter, WABE  

Stephen Fowler — Politics and election reporter, Georgia Public Broadcasting

Riley Bunch — Public policy reporter, Georgia Public Broadcasting

The breakdown: 

1. Crossover Day wraps at the state Capitol. 

• Several bills were facing the deadline to cross over to the next chamber. 
• GPB's Lawmakers has a full breakdown of what passed. 

2. Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp respond to each other during the campaign 

• Abrams released her first TV ads after kicking off her "One Georgia Tour."

• Stephen Fowler says Abrams continues to push to expand Medicaid in Georgia. 
• Kemp fired back at Abrams push in an interview with WRBL reporter Chuck Williams. 

3. Georgia GOP state party chair is under fire for spreading alleged pro-Putin propagand

• Shafer is under scrutiny for a tweet that spreads false Russian propaganda about Ukraine.
• Earlier this year, Shafer was also called by the House Jan. 6 committee to testify about his creation of a so-called alternate slate of electors in 2020.

4. One year since Atlanta spa shootings killed eight people. 

• Six of the victims were of Asian descent.
  • The shootings sparked the "Stop Asian Hate" movement nationwide.
• Robert Aaron Long pleaded guilty to the murder charges and faces life in prison.

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