Former Republican Sen. David Perdue has launched his campaign to be Georgia's governor on false claims about the 2020 election, echoing incorrect and misleading information pushed by former President Donald Trump since his defeat.
In a launch video released Monday and four interviews conducted this week, Perdue has repeated false claims that Democrat Stacey Abrams controlled Georgia's elections system, implied that "irregularities" marred the thrice-counted presidential election and said he would have ignored state law requiring him to certify election results if he had been governor in 2020.
Perdue's campaign, backed by Trump, comes as Gov. Brian Kemp faces attacks from members of his own party for not overturning the election in Trump's favor after President Joe Biden narrowly won the state by about 12,000 votes. Trump has continued to focus on Georgia and its elections, frequently attacking Kemp and Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
"Brian Kemp has failed Georgia," Trump said in his statement endorsing Perdue. "He caved to Stacey Abrams before the 2020 Election and allowed massive Election Fraud to take place. The signing of the Stacey Abrams-backed Consent Decree, so stupidly giving her and the Democrats everything they wanted, was a monumental mistake for not only Georgia, but also for our Nation!"
But the "consent decree" mentioned by Trump and hinted at by Perdue does not do what they say it does. It did not involve Kemp, changed very little about...
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