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Former Senator David Purdue, who is lagging behind in the poll for Georgia’s nomination for governor of Georgia, on Monday attacked Stacey Abrams, a Democrat who is running without resistance in her primary election, claiming she was “humiliating her own race”.
During the campaign in Dunwoody, Georgia, Purdue asked the crowd if they had seen “what Stacey said this weekend.”
“She said Georgia was the worst place to live in the country,” Purdue said. “Hey, she’s not from here. Let her go back to where she came from, if she doesn’t like it here. “
Abrams, who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives for a decade, moved to Georgia to high school and lived there for most of his life.
Perdue cites Abrams’ statements made at a fundraising dinner on Saturday, citing the state’s poor ranking on a number of issues, including imprisonment, mental health and maternal mortality.
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“I’m tired of hearing that we’re the best state in the country to do business when we’re the worst state in the country to live in,” Abrams told NBC News. “When you’re number 48 in mental health, when you’re number one in maternal mortality, when you have a rise in prison numbers and wages are falling, then you’re not the number one place to live in the United States.”
“But we can get there,” Abrams added. “You see, Georgia is capable of greatness. We just need greatness to be in our governor’s office. “
She opposed Governor Brian Kemp’s claims that Georgia was the best ranked nation in business. Kemp and Purdue are fighting each other for the GOP nomination.
However, Perdue offered nothing of this context when he attacked Abrams on Monday.
“All she wants is to be president of the United States,” Purdue said. He added: “When she said to black farmers, ‘You don’t have to be on the farm,’ and she said to black hospitality workers and all that, ‘You don’t have to be,’ she humiliated her own race when it came to that.” I’m really over it. It should never be considered material for the governor of any state, much less our state – where he hates to live. “
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Perdue probably refers to the comments made by Abrams in 2018, when, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she told voters she wanted to “create many different jobs. … Because people do not have to engage in agriculture or hospitality in Georgia to earn a living. Why not create renewable energy jobs? “
Perdue – who voted behind Kemp – was backed by former President Donald Trump, and Perdue’s comments Monday echoed some of Trump’s own racist statements. In 2019, for example, the former president noted that four liberal congressmen from minorities must “return” to their countries – a statement that provoked widespread condemnation.
Trump, during a televised “rally” for Perdue on Monday, also attacked Abrams, falsely telling voters that she would “radicalize your children and rob you of your wealth and everything else.”
However, Trump said Abrams would defeat Perdue Kemp’s main opponent in a general election.
“Stacey Abrams completely dominates Brian Kemp,” Trump said.
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