"it cannot be fairly argued that rep. castro had any other purpose in posting that list and telling his activist followers that those individuals were inciting hate. whether he intended to provoke physical violence or merely verbal harassment, his intent was to chill the free speech and free association rights of americans." jody hice, ted budd, debbie lesko, jeff duncan, randy weber and matt gaetz signed off on the letter jody hice talks border security, federal budget and other issues before athens gop red & black - 8/13 congressman jody hice of georgia's 10th district attacked democrats over border security and spoke to supporters about some of his recent votes in the house of representatives before a crowd of athens-clarke county republicans on august 12. 