¶ How To Win Against Rick Jackson
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson stated that he did not disagree with a “single White House policy,” implying his support for all of Trump’s policies that Georgians suffered under. Jackson voiced his fervent support for Trump’s extreme agenda as Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” was expected to strip health care away from hundreds of thousands of Georgians. Jackson opposed Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act, which both faced devastating cuts under the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” In line with Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Jackson also supported the implementation of work requirements which aligned with his biblical philosophy that “if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.” Jackson celebrated how Trump's tariffs and tax cuts grew his wealth, while the tariffs harmed Georgia's key industries and drove costs up for Georgia families. Jackson said he “wouldn’t change a thing” about Georgia’s six-week abortion ban and described himself as “entirely pro life.” Jackson also amassed a large fortune from his several businesses and used that fortune to donate to Georgia Republicans and influenced policies that would further enrich himself and his businesses. Rick Jackson is an out of touch billionaire who was using his wealth to sway the Georgia gubernatorial election. He donated $1 million to MAGA Inc. and courted Trump’s support for his gubernatorial bid as he benefitted from Trump’s tax cuts and tariffs.
¶ Rick Jackson Opposed Medicaid Expansion And Aligned With Trump’s Health Care Cuts
- In 2026, Rick Jackson said he opposed Medicaid expansion and supported work requirements for public assistance programs. He also said he did not disagree with a “single White House policy.” Jackson also celebrated benefitting from Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill's” tax cuts, claiming the tax cuts prevented him from “paying 40% more in taxes right now.” Jackson aligned himself with Trump’s extreme policies even though 17 million Americans, including nearly 12 million Americans who rely on Medicaid, were at risk of losing their health insurance under Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” More than 624,000 Georgians, including more than 93,400 Medicaid recipients, were expected to lose their health insurance coverage by 2034 due to Trump’s tax bill.
- In 2013, Rick Jackson’s healthcare company sponsored a survey that claimed 59 percent of doctors opposed the Affordable Care Act, and Jackson said, “the more physicians learn about the ACA, the more they dislike it and want to start over.” In 2009, Jackson criticized Obama’s efforts to pass the Affordable Care Act, saying the reforms were intended “to reduce government spending,” not reward “quality and efficiency.” In 2025, more than 1.5 million Georgians were enrolled in Affordable Care Act Marketplace health insurance plans.
Message: Rick Jackson supported stripping away health care from hundreds of thousands of Georgians.
¶ Rick Jackson Supported Stripping SNAP Benefits From Georgia Families
- In 2026, Rick Jackson quoted the Bible to justify his support for work requirements for public assistance programs like SNAP, saying, “if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.” Jackson also said he did not disagree with a “single White House policy” despite Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” making the largest SNAP cut in history. More than 456,000 households in Georgia relied on SNAP to afford groceries.
Message: Rick Jackson supported making food more expensive for Georgia families.
¶ Rick Jackson Celebrated How Trump's Tariffs Grew His Wealth
- In March 2026, Rick Jackson touted how Trump’s tariffs and tax cuts were growing his wealth. Jackson said he bought stocks when the stock market crashed in April 2025 due to Trump’s tariffs and celebrated making a “80% return in four weeks.” Trump’s tariffs were dooming Georgia’s ranking as 7th in the nation for net exports and harming the state’s key industries of agriculture, automotive manufacturing, construction, and port logistics. Additionally, two-thirds of Georgians believed the tariffs would cause their everyday costs to increase.
Message: While Trump's tariffs harmed Georgia's key industries and drove costs up for Georgians, Rick Jackson celebrated how the tariffs grew his wealth.
¶ Rick Jackson Was An Anti-Abortion Extremist
- In 2026, Rick Jackson called himself “entirely pro life,” and said he “wouldn’t change a thing” about Georgia’s abortion law, which banned abortions “when cardiac activity is detected, […] at approximately six weeks of pregnancy.”
- When Jackson’s opponent, Burt Jones, claimed Jackson’s business supported Planned Parenthood, Jackson said it was an “absurd lie,” and called Jones a “desperate trust fund baby.”
Message: Rick Jackson threatened the reproductive freedoms of Georgians.
¶ Rick Jackson Donated To Georgia Republicans That Helped Benefit His Businesses
- In 2020, Jackson Healthcare was awarded a no-bid agreement with the state of Georgia under Governor Brian Kemp to provide extra health care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was paid more than $694 million from 2020 to 2022. At the time, Rick Jackson and his family were well-established Republican donors, and had contributed $6,600 to Kemp’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign.
- In 2013, Jackson advocated for legislation to privatize child welfare services, which stood to benefit FaithBridge, the foster care program Jackson was the chairman of, while fundraising for Governor Nathan Deal and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle. Jackson hosted fundraisers for and donated more than $50,000 each to both Deal and Cagle. Jackson later had a meeting with Deal in the same month as his fundraiser to discuss his proposal, and testified before Cagle’s Senate working group on foster care on the same day as his fundraiser.
Message: Rick Jackson used his wealth and power to further enrich himself and his businesses.
¶ RICK JACKSON COURTED TRUMP’S SUPPORT AFTER HE BENEFITTED FROM TRUMP’S TAX CUTS AND DONATED TO MAGA INC.
- Rick Jackson seemingly became an ardent Trump supporter and courted Trump’s approval for his gubernatorial campaign after Jackson benefitted from Trump’s devastating tax cuts and tariff policies.
- Even though Rick Jackson donated to Nikki Haley’s and Vivek Ramaswamy’s presidential campaigns in 2024, Jackson claimed “nobody supports [Trump] more than I do now” as he campaigned for governor. Rick Jackson even celebrated how Trump’s tariff policies and the tax cuts from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” grew his wealth. Eight weeks before launching his gubernatorial bid, Rick Jackson donated $1 million to MAGA Inc., which Republican operatives claimed could have been an attempt to sway Trump on his endorsement of Burt Jones for Georgia governor.
- Rick Jackson’s primary opponents repeatedly scrutinized Rick Jackson for using his wealth to influence the gubernatorial election. Burt Jones cast Jackson as an “out of touch billionaire” who was selling “bullshit” and using his money to “portray something that he’s not.” Jones also accused “Slick Rick” of being a “Never Trumper” who donated to Jeb Bush and Liz Cheney. Chris Carr blasted Rick Jackson for being one of the “really rich guys that are trying to buy the race” and scrutinized self-funders like Jackson who ran for office in Georgia.
Message: Rick Jackson is an out of touch billionaire who donated $1 million to MAGA Inc. and courted Trump’s support for his gubernatorial bid as he benefitted from Trump’s tax cuts and tariffs.
¶ Issue Back-Ups
¶ Rick Jackson Supported Policies That Have Hurt Everyday People
| Rick Jackson Opposed Medicaid Expansion And Aligned With Trump’s Devastating Health Care Policies
| Rick Jackson Supported Stripping SNAP Benefits From Georgia Families
| Rick Jackson Celebrated How Trump's Tariffs Grew His Wealth
| Rick Jackson Was An Anti-Abortion Extremist
| Rick Jackson Donated To Georgia Republicans That Helped Benefit His Businesses
| Billionaire Rick Jackson Courted Trump’s Support After He Benefitted From Trump’s Tax Cuts And Donated To MAGA Inc.