Republicans, Motivated by Spite, Wage War Against Each Other in Georgia Governor's Race

[BeckyDem]

George Chidi

January 20,
2022

Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is suing his top rival in the Republican primary for Georgia’s governor’s race, and incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp hit right back.

Perdue, who announced his run last year with former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, accused Kemp of having stacked the fundraising deck by changing the campaign laws last year; yesterday Kemp filed an ethics complaint against Perdue for illegal campaign coordination with a third-party PAC.

Kemp’s ethics complaint argues that the WinRed website of the Georgia Values Fund, an independent committee, violates state campaign financing laws by showing how to donate directly to Perdue’s campaign fund. The site also allegedly solicits cellphone numbers for Perdue’s campaign to send political push notifications. Both actions violate laws requiring independent committees to refrain from coordinated campaigning, Kemp’s complaint argues.

The Perdue campaign’s lawsuit, filed earlier this month, suggests that the changes to campaign finance laws last year are “unconstitutional and corrupt.” The new law allows Kemp to sidestep a Georgia rule barring elected officials from raising money while the legislature is in session. “Using his power as the incumbent Governor, Kemp changed Georgia law in an attempt to rig this race in his favor,” Perdue’s campaign said in a statement. “He gave himself a massive fundraising advantage and is able to fully coordinate with his so-called leadership committee that he chairs, while challengers like Perdue play by different rules.”

https://theintercept.com/2022/01/20/georgia-republicans-governor-david-perdue-brian-kemp/

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[Moebym]

2. She will, with our help.

It's not going to be a cakewalk.

[BeckyDem]

3. No, it will not be easy. I agree but she is a great planner/strategic and

will prevail, I believe.