(CNN)David Perdue, the Republican former US senator from Georgia, is trying to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp with a primary campaign heavy on false claims about the 2020 election.
Now, trailing in public polls with advance in-person voting fast approaching, Perdue is further deepening his commitment to 2020-related dishonesty -- releasing a television ad in which he tells two election lies at once.
In the ad, which he also tweeted out on Thursday, Perdue paints a negative picture of the state of the country under President Joe Biden, then says, "Folks, that all started right here when Brian Kemp sold us out and allowed radicals to steal the election." Perdue adds moments later: "Enough is enough. I'll make sure our elections are never stolen again."
Facts First: The 2020 election was not stolen. Kemp didn't allow anyone to steal the election.
Biden legitimately defeated former President Donald Trump, earning 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232 (and more than 7 million more votes than Trump earned). Biden won Georgia by 11,779 votes; Georgia ballots were counted three times. There is no evidence, in Georgia or any other state, of voting fraud even close to widespread enough to have changed the outcome.
Kemp formalized Biden's Georgia victory in November 2020, noting that state law required the governor to do so. Perdue did not explain in the ad how Kemp supposedly allowed people to steal the election. A Perdue spokesperson did not immediately respond Thursday...
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