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Georgia Senator David Perdue Is Terrified That Jon Ossoff Will Shred Him in Another Debate
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Georgia Senator David Perdue Is Terrified That Jon Ossoff Will Shred Him in Another Debate
In a runoff election that could decide control of the Senate, the Republican incumbent is hiding from accountability for his dirty dealing.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/perdue-ossoff-runoff-debate/
By John Nichols
Today 5:35 am
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Referring to complaints that Perdue engaged in self-serving stock trades early in the pandemic, when senators were being briefed on its potential impact and before the danger was widely understood, Ossoff said during an October 28 debate, Perhaps Senator Perdue would have been able to respond properly to the Covid-19 pandemic if you hadnt been fending off multiple federal investigations for insider trading. Its not just that youre a crook, senator. Its that youre attacking the health of the people that you represent. You did say Covid-19 was no deadlier than the flu. You did say there would be no significant uptick in cases. All the while, you were looking after your own assets and your own portfolio.
Perdue was so overwhelmed by the criticism, and so ineffectual in responding to it, that a day later, his campaign announced that he would not attend a final scheduled debate with Ossoff. Instead, a Perdue aide offered this spin: As lovely as another debate listening to Jon Ossoff lie to the people of Georgia sounds, Senator Perdue will not be participating in the WSB-TV debate but will instead join the 45th president, Donald J. Trump, for a huge Get-Out-The-Vote rally in Northwest Georgia.
The decision to skip that last debate and tie the Trump and Perdue campaigns together for a big close did not end well. Trump narrowly lost Georgia to Democrat Joe Bidenbecoming the first Republican presidential contender to lose the state since 1992. And Perdue, who had started the race as a prohibitive front-runner, fell below the 50 percent markbarely finishing ahead of the Democrat, with 49.7 percent to 48 percent for Ossoff.
Now, Perdue is skipping another debate, and the Democratic challenger is skewering the Republican incumbent with a new line: David Perdue isnt just a crookhes a coward, too.
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Georgia Senator David Perdue Is Terrified That Jon Ossoff Will Shred Him in Another Debate (Original Post)
riversedge
Nov 2020
OP
I've donated to both GA Democratic challengers and the Lincoln Project. I especially look forward
dem4decades
Nov 2020
#1
Not afraid of Ossoff, he's afraid of the truth Ossoff is a master of making clear and undeniable...
marble falls
Nov 2020
#3
Dan's mindless mouthings were the most effective tool used to defeat his ambitions. "Isn't there ...
marble falls
Nov 2020
#5
dem4decades
(11,282 posts)1. I've donated to both GA Democratic challengers and the Lincoln Project. I especially look forward
to the Lincoln Project destroying the GOP there.
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dem4decades
(11,282 posts)12. GASenate.com, Stacy Abrams directed me there.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)2. KnR
marble falls
(57,063 posts)3. Not afraid of Ossoff, he's afraid of the truth Ossoff is a master of making clear and undeniable...
... "Its not just that youre a crook, senator ... ", and the look on Purdue's face is something I will remember and chuckle over for a long time.
Harker
(14,007 posts)4. That ranked right up there with Dan Quayle
being told, "... you're no Jack Kennedy."
marble falls
(57,063 posts)5. Dan's mindless mouthings were the most effective tool used to defeat his ambitions. "Isn't there ...
... an 'e' in there?" Priceless.
Harker
(14,007 posts)6. Ceaseless imbecility.
A mind is, as he said, a terrible thing to lose.
marble falls
(57,063 posts)7. He was speaking from personal experiance.
Mr. Potatoe Head.
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Danascot
(4,690 posts)13. Arguments made by Ossoff and Purdue don't matter
Like the presidential election I think there are few undecided voters. What matters is getting out the vote.