Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue told a Columbus crowd Tuesday that he is trying to reunite the party after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and others failed to properly investigate the state’s 2020 presidential election. The former U.S. senator also made incorrect claims about voting during his 2021 Senate runoff.
During a speech at the Muscogee & Harris County Republican Women’s Luncheon, Purdue incorrectly claimed that 235,000 people who did not live in Georgia in November 2020 voted in the January 2021 U.S. Senate runoff.
“I wanted to adjust the law that allowed people to parachute in here after the end of the November election and vote in January,” he said. “(Kemp) said no. (And) 235,000 people showed up and voted in January that did not live in Georgia in November. And not one of those has been investigated.”
When asked where Perdue got the 235,000 voting figure, a spokesperson cited an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article that stated 228,000 new voters cast ballots in the 2021 Senate runoffs. However, these voters did not arrive in the state before the runoffs.
The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office told the Ledger-Enquirer there were only 104,000 new registrations filed between the end of October, when registration close for the general election, and the early December runoff registration cutoff. All were verified for county of residence and eligibility.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued a warning that moving to the state with the sole...
Pakistani actress and model Ayesha Omar has strongly denied a controversial statement falsely attributed to her on social media. In recent days, a statement circulated online claiming that the act...