Sacha Baron Cohen Ridicule Prompts US Lawmaker to Quit

A Georgia lawmaker ridiculed by dropping his trousers and using racial slurs on Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Who Is America?' show has said he will resign. Republican state representative Jason Spencer had initially refused to quit after the show aired on Sunday. Baron Cohen's show dupes public figures with fake interviews.

Mr Spencer is coaxed into an "anti-terrorism training class", using the n-word to ward off a kidnapper and baring his buttocks to scare off terrorists. "If you want to win, you show some skin," Baron Cohen, disguised as an anti-terrorism expert, had urged him.

The lawmaker had faced mounting calls to quit, with the Speaker, David Ralston, among them. He told CNN Mr Spencer's actions and language were "reprehensible", adding: "Georgia is better than this."