Jason Spencer, the Georgia Republican lawmaker who was fooled into repeatedly yelling a racial epithet on comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s new television series, intends to resign effective Tuesday. The decision was announced Wednesday in an e-mail from the office of David Ralston, the Georgia House speaker.

It was the first real-world consequence of Cohen’s Showtime series, “Who Is America?’’ The show has pranked a long list of sitting and former lawmakers, including former vice president Dick Cheney; Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Republican of California; and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

The episode featuring Spencer aired Sunday, and he initially resisted calls to resign. Governor Nathan Deal, a Republican, said in a post on Twitter on Monday that “the actions and language used by Jason Spencer are appalling and offensive.’’ Spencer lost his primary in the spring in his bid for a fifth term and initially said he would serve out his final five months, but the drumbeat became too loud.

Before the episode aired, Spencer said Cohen had tricked him into participating in a “bogus self-defense and anti-terrorism training’’ video.

But then Spencer was seen on camera dropping his pants, mocking a stereotypical Asian accent, and seemingly not requiring much coaxing to yell the racial epithet.

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