CNN’s Chris Cuomo tonight faced off with a Georgia state senator pushing a religious freedom bill in his state. Republican Josh McKoon insisted the bill reflects the federal RFRA, but Cuomo pushed back and said it “seems to smack of the same discriminatory potential” as Indiana and Arkansas’ original bills did.

Cuomo grilled McKoon over whether the bill discriminates, and McKoon actually said that since sexual orientation is not currently protected in Georgia, the bill wouldn’t really change anything. When Cuomo asked about including non-discrimination language, McKoon argued it’s unnecessary because there’s “never been a court that has ruled an act of discrimination was justified.”

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He also told Cuomo, “Despite the attempt from the far-left outrage machine and their allies in some media organizations, it’s not about mistreating anyone.”

Cuomo challenged McKoon by saying, “You don’t have any pattern you can point to of widespread discrimination against Christians, and if there were to be any, you could go to court right now over that, because Christians are a protected class.”

Watch the full face-off below, via CNN:

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