Thread by @mrbrownsir

At the @wsbtv gubernatorial debate, @DavidPerdueGA comes out the gate with the Big Lie: "The 2020 election was rigged and stolen," he says. Blames Kemp for Trump's (and his) election loss.

"I'm not dividing the party, the party was already divided," @DavidPerdueGA says when asked if his campaign is dividing the GOP. Claims Kemp "would not investigate anything" about the 2020 election. Some facts: usatoday.com/story/news/fac…

.@BrianKempGA pushes back on claims he didn't do enough to stop the "rigged" 2020 election. Says he "the @GBI_GA has looked at this, but you know what, so has the @FBI and they haven't moved further" because of a lack of evidence.

"First of all, the only one lying here is you. And that is a fact," @DavidPerdueGA says to Perdue after he's accused of declining to call a special session of the legislature to investigate alleged voter fraud.

"What I'm running to do right now is expose (Kemp) as a weak leader, somebody that did not fight for us and he's misleading the people of Georgia about what he did do and what he didn't do and what he couldn't do and what the Constitution said and all this," @DavidPerdueGA says."

"I never said it was a clean election," Brian Kemp says when Perdue challenges him about accepting the results of the 2020 election. "I've always said there's fraud in every election."

Perdue claims Kemp is "taking hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in Georgia and giving them to a company primarily owned by George Soros, a woke company who's gonna bring their jobs to Georgia." @Rivian is an electric car company investing in GA:
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Perdue hits Kemp over a civic education class @NewGAProject gave to Atlanta high schools about voting: "Right now, on your watch in Fulton County, in @apsupdate, George Soros is funding a program where with Stacy Abrams they're teaching kids that voter ID is racist," he claims.

Asked how the GOP can court Latinos, Kemp cites small businesses: "They were thankful when I reopened our economy...I've had Latino restaurant owners tell me, you know, you saved our business." Adds "I think they have great appreciation for the conservative leadership we've had."

Perdue and Kemp sparring over crime and Buckhead's secession vote.

Perdue: "Why would he not let the people of Buckhead determine their own future? Crime is a big reason they wanted to have that vote."

Kemp: "I'm actually doing something about crime in Atlanta." #gapol

Perdue says he supports Buckhead seceding from Atlanta: "As long as you enable bad behavior, you're going to get bad behavior," he says.

Kemp: "I'm going to continue to keep my powder dry, let this movement come forward or not." #gapol #gagov

Perdue: "What you heard tonight was a week governor trying to cover up a bad record...He has divided us, he will not be able to beat @staceyabrams. And if we want to protect our freedom and our values we have to vote and we have to make sure that Stacy is never our governor."

Kemp: "Make no mistake, my opponent's attack in my record, because he has none of his own ... Join us in this fight. There's only one person that's beaten Stacey Abrams, and that's me. And I plan on doing it again and I have the record to do that."