Protesters picket Georgia Rep. Ferguson’s Newnan office, disappointed over House speaker vote

Protesters outside Rep. Drew Ferguson’s office said they hope to primary the congressman next year. (Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)

If you drove past Congressman Drew Ferguson’s Newnan office Friday afternoon, you may have seen a couple dozen people waving signs and flags lamenting Ferguson’s changing votes for speaker of the House.

As the U.S. House was voting on a new speaker, Maxwell Britton was near the front of the pack in Newnan with a poster reading “Drew votes for himself.”

Britton, who said he was disappointed in Ferguson on a number of issues, including border security and the conditions facing Jan. 6 prisoners, compared Ferguson with former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, calling them both fake conservatives.