David Purdue has been caught using his position to enrich himself, and it’s not the first time. In 2014, his primary opponent said he sat on the Georgia Ports Authority board and made decisions that benefitted his trucking company.
“You were making money off your appointment.”
In 2014, David Perdue knocked his opponent, Karen Handel, because she lacked a college degree. David Perdue believes high school graduates can’t handle broad, complex issues.
In 2014, in true white nationalist form, David Perdue came out against “legal immigration” and suggested “legal immigration” was perhaps an even bigger problem than “illegal immigration.”
In 2014, David Perdue refused to affirm if minimum wage should even exist and refused to say what the minimum wage should be.
As CEO of Dollar General, David Perdue made in one day what it took his minimum wage employees to make in a year.
In 2014, David Perdue said he was “proud of [his] record at Dollar General” and “worked hard to help people make it from payday to payday.”
David Perdue is proud that as Dollar General CEO he was responsible for helping his minimum wage employees live paycheck to paycheck.
In 2014, David Perdue was asked if he created or sourced jobs oversees.
David Perdue answered, “Dollar General is a perfect example.” Perdue said he created jobs but added, “we outsourced all the products we sold in our stores.”
In 2014, David Perdue came out against funding the federal food stamp program and said, “it needs to be reformed.”
Approximately 1.7 million Georgians rely on food stamps to feed their families, and applications have significantly increased during the #COVID19 pandemic.
At the 3rd debate of 2014, David Perdue once again dodged the question of whether he supports a minimum wage, calling it “the law of the land,” but “not consistent” with the current employment situation.
It’s safe to assume David Perdue would like to repeal the minimum wage.
Rare video of David Perdue wearing a MAGA hat.
During the 2016 Georgia GOP convention, David Perdue put on a red MAGA hat. Perdue called it “an ugly hat with a great message.”
This may be the only time David Perdue has publicly worn a Trump MAGA hat.
In 2018, David Perdue stole a student’s cell phone for asking a question. After the video blew up on Twitter, Perdue released a statement trying to act like he didn’t actually snatch the phone. David Perdue took the phone because he was angry. Perdue lied.
Here’s the full video of David Perdue snatching the student’s cell phone and refusing to give it back after being asked repeatedly.
Speaking of past sermons, in 2016, David Perdue said we should pray for Obama that God would “let his days be few.”
Most people don’t publicly pray for the death of the sitting President of the United States. Later, Perdue released a statement saying he wished no harm on Obama.
In 2017, David Perdue told the NRA, “we have something in the United States that no other country in the history of the world has. It’s called a constitution.”
Fact check: Approximately 190 countries in the world have a constitution.
David Perdue to Black supporter in 2014: “Do you like Perdue chicken?”
David Perdue then brought up how Herman Cain “loves Perdue Chicken.”
David Perdue is not part of the family that sells chicken under the Perdue Farms name.
In October 2020, David Perdue mispronounced and mocked Kamala Harris’ name while at a Trump rally in Macon, GA.
In 2013, David Perdue said he would make a good Senator because as CEO of Dollar General he figured out the poor couldn’t afford regular sized boxes of Tide laundry detergent, so he started selling it in a smaller, “weeks worth sizes.”
During the 2013 GOP primary, David Perdue blasted his opponents as “career politicians” whose experiences “running a county,”
“running a medical practice,” and
“selling insurance” don’t compare to his “business background.”
In 2013, David Perdue laughed as one man asked if we can admit global warming “is a hoax” used by “that damn jackass in the White House” who needs a kick in the butt.
David Perdue meandered, but ultimately answered, “great point, I don’t disagree with you.”
In 2019, David Perdue said, “nobody really knows” if fossil fuels even contribute to climate change and he “hasn’t seen hard evidence on that one side or the other.”
In 2018, David Perdue told ABC News he thinks that John Lewis’ declaration that Trump is a racist “is ridiculous.” Perdue added, “I grew up in the south. I fully understand what that means.”
Despite being confirmed by Lindsey Graham, David Perdue denied, multiple times during the ABC News interview, that Trump called other countries “sh*thole countries.”
2014: Listen to this outsourcing doublespeak from David Perdue. Perdue said he outsourced products, not jobs, and said, “we closed down plants all the time.” #DoubleSpeakDavid
“I am so proud of what the Tea Party patriots are doing, and I am very proud that they can claim their roots right in my home state of Georgia.”
David Perdue isn’t a moderate Republican. He’s a far right fan of the Tea Party.
During the 2016 presidential primary, David Perdue said Ted Cruz “stands ...for the values of Georgia” and called Ted Cruz his “mentor.”
In 2014, David Perdue phoned into a conservative radio station and said the “progressive mantra” is “we can’t have God involved in the United States government.”
In 2014, David Perdue came out against Obama hiring a federal ebola response coordinator, calling it a “a bad idea” and emphasized, “there’s no need for an ebola czar.”
At a GOP event in 2014, David Perdue twice called Barack Obama, “Barry,” a nickname used by Obama’s own family, but, among the right, the name “Barry” had already morphed into a nod to racist birther and citizenship conspiracy theories years before Perdue made this speech.
In a 2014 clip, David Perdue offered a cold-blooded response to Delta Airlines and General Motors retirees losing their pensions: “I believe in capitalism. I believe when companies fail, there are bankruptcy laws to deal with that.”
At the 2016 RNC, David Perdue told the Georgia delegation that he wasn’t delivering “a prepared speech” and “what you’re going to get today is #DoubleBarrelDavid.”
Let’s listen to some clips...
David Perdue introduced two 18 year old men in the room and said “the story about the Republican Party is they’re a bunch of old white guys...it’s changing.”
Maybe #DoubleBarrelDavid doesn’t realize 18 year old white guys eventually become “old white guys.”
At the 2016 RNC, David Perdue acknowledged Trump wasn’t many people’s first pick.
#DoubleBarrelDavid said “I know what your thinking. [Trump] “wasn’t my first choice, he wasn’t my second choice, he wasn’t my... (crowd laughs) ok, fine I got it.”
David Perdue said Trump “is not somebody to be embarrassed about.”
#DoubleBarrelDavid declared Trump to be “the best candidate the Republicans have had in a long time.”
David Perdue took a swipe at being on scholarships.
#DoubleBarrelDavid said Obama “never had any adversity” because “he was on scholarship his whole life.”
David Perdue believes the United States is to blame for 9/11.
“What we have to do is tell them what we stand for and back it up. It’s what we didn’t do in the 90’s, by the way, that led to al-Qaeda’s attack in 2001.”
- #DoubleBarrelDavid
In 2014, David Perdue bragged that he was “living the dream” exporting shelf stable milk to China.
In 2014, David Perdue was asked “yes or no” if he supported raising the $7.25/hr minimum wage that’s been in place since 2009.
David Perdue answered, “No.”
In 2014, Republican Congressman Jack Kingston said CEO David Perdue bankrupted Pillowtex and gave himself “a million dollar bonus on his way out the door.”
David Perdue says voting for him right now is important, but prior to running for Senate, David Perdue didn’t vote in any Republican primaries and he gave money to a Massachusetts Democratic politician.
Jack Kingston attacked him for it.
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