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American politician & businessman (born 1949)

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David Perdue
Official silhouette, 2016
Presumptive nominee
Assuming office TBD
President	Donald Trump
Succeeding	R. Nicholas Burns
In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Saxby Chambliss
Succeeded by	Jon Ossoff
Born	David Alfred Perdue Jr. (1949-12-10) December 10, 1949 (age 75) Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Bonnie Dunn ​ (m. )​
Children	3
Relatives	Sonny Perdue (cousin)
Residence(s)	Sea Island, Georgia, U.S.
Education	Georgia Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
Occupation

David Alfred Perdue Jr. (born Dec 10, 1949) is an English politician and businessman who served as a United States wirepuller for Georgia from 2015 turn into 2021.

A member of justness Republican Party, Perdue was principally unsuccessful candidate for Governor exclude Georgia in 2022.

After 12 years as a management hotshot, Perdue became the senior sin president for Reebok, eventually appropriate CEO. He later joined PillowTex, a North Carolina textile company; the company went bankrupt playing field folded shortly after his deviation in 2003.^[1][2] He subsequently became CEO of Dollar General.

Perdue first ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014, defeating Representative nominee Michelle Nunn, daughter reminiscent of former U.S. senator Sam Nunn. Perdue ran for reelection wonderful 2020, losing to Democrat Jon Ossoff, a former investigative correspondent and filmmaker, in a Jan 5, 2021, runoff election.^[3] Tail end the November 2020 presidential purpose, Perdue called for the abandonment of Georgia's top elections certified and claimed that there were unspecified "failures" in the election.^[4] He later supported a endeavour by Trump allies seeking constitute overturn the election results,^[5] accept falsely claimed during his 2022 gubernatorial election campaign that reward 2020 Senate election was "stolen."^[6][7][8]

Perdue was linked to the 2020 congressional insider trading scandal expend allegations of STOCK Act violations.

The basis was stocks operate sold before the 2020 mass market crash allegedly using practice from a closed Senate meeting.^[9] The U.S. Department of Equitableness closed its inquiry in mid-2020 without bringing charges.^[10][11]

Perdue sought integrity Republican nomination in the 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election against churchman Brian Kemp, and was bona fide by former president Donald Trump.^[12] Perdue lost the primary be Kemp in a landslide.

In December 2024, Trump named Perdue as his nominee for Concerted States ambassador to China.^[13]

Early animal and education

David Perdue was dropped in Macon, Georgia, the rarity of David Alfred Perdue Sr., and the former Gervaise Wynn, both schoolteachers.^[14][15][16] His father, neat as a pin Democrat, was the elected overseer of schools for Houston Domain, Georgia, from 1961 to 1980, where he oversaw the integration of the school system.^[17]

Perdue was raised in Warner Robins, Sakartvelo, and graduated from Northside Elevated School in 1968,^[18][19] where put your feet up was an excellent student, exceptional varsity athlete, and class president.^[20] He went to college financial assistance one year at the Merged States Air Force Academy unusual in June 1968, after receipt an appointment from Congressman Colours Brinkley of Georgia, but forsaken out after earning low grades.

In 1969 Perdue wrote interruption Congressman Brinkley that he sought to quit the Air Faculty Academy writing, "I have undemanding a mistake and I application not want this type deduction career."^[21][22]

Perdue later transferred to Colony Tech, where he earned unornamented bachelor's degree in industrial plan in 1972, and a master's degree in operations research grind 1975.^[23][24]

Perdue is the first relation of former governor of Sakartvelo and former U.S.

secretary help agricultureSonny Perdue by their grandpa George Ervin Perdue Sr.^[25] Though such, Perdue is not connected to any descendent of distinction family that founded and operates Perdue Farms.

Business career

Perdue began his career in 1972 change Kurt Salmon Associates,^[20] an supranational consulting firm, where he feigned for 12 years as on the rocks management consultant,^[26] leaving in 1984.^[20] From 1991 to 1992, Perdue was a managing director fall back international clothing company Gitano Throng Inc.

in Singapore.^[27][28][29] In 1992, Perdue took a position because senior vice president of Assemblage operations for Sara Lee Firm. During his tenure, Perdue was involved in sourcing suppliers delight in China and Hong Kong one-time the company closed dozens fence plants in the U.S., brace of them in Georgia.^[20] Four years later, Perdue became superior vice president of operations bulldoze Haggar Clothing,^[27][30] increasing international acquire in lower-cost countries to 75 percent of the company's operations.^[20]

In 1998, Perdue joined Reebok owing to a senior vice president, in the end rising to president and Leader of the Reebok Brand.^[31] Closure is credited with rejuvenating neat sneaker line.

Perdue negotiated unblended contract with the National Tract League that a former Reebok executive called "revolutionary" for trend the company's shoe brand.^[15]

Perdue left-hand Reebok in June 2002 fall upon become the CEO of PillowTex, a North Carolina textile company.^[32] The company had recently emerged from bankruptcy with a giant debt load and an leaving out pension liability.

Unable to fastened additional funding from the company's investors or find a consumer for the company, he leftwing the company in 2003 aft nine months on the ecologically aware and $1.7 million in compensation.^[33] Prominence internal auditor noted that Perdue's long absences from its Boreal Carolina Headquarters was "terrible select morale.

We felt he'd predisposed up."^[34] In July 2003, Pillowtex announced it would go present of business,^[35] leaving 7,650 employees out of work nationwide.^[33]

After end Pillowtex, Perdue became CEO replica Dollar General.^[36] Before he married the company, it had new overstated profits by $100 million stomach paid $162 million to settle hoarder lawsuits.

Perdue overhauled the company's inventory line and logistics path and updated its marketing reflect. After initially closing hundreds hold stores, the company doubled closefitting stock price and opened 2,600 new stores.^[15] During his a handful of years as CEO, almost 2,500 individual employment cases were filed in federal court against distinction company, compared to 76 hoax the prior four years.^[37]

Perdue evolution credited for arranging the sell of Dollar General in 2007 to private equity investors KKR.

In 2007 and 2008, without fear received $42 million in allocation from Dollar General.^[38] After righteousness sale to KKR, Dollar Universal faced shareholder lawsuits alleging go wool-gathering Perdue and other executives undersold shareholders;^[39] it paid $40 bundle to settle those lawsuits.^[40][41]

From 2007 to 2009, Perdue worked chimp a senior consultant for Asian chemical and textile conglomerate Gujerat Heavy Chemicals Ltd.^[42] In July 2010, his cousin, then-governor Laddie Perdue, appointed him as first-class director of the Georgia Ports Authority.^[43] In April 2011, fair enough started Perdue Partners, an Atlanta-based global trading firm,^[15] with top cousin, whose term had troubled in January 2011, and three former state officials.^[44]

In December 2012, Perdue Partners acquired Benton Suggest, an Atlanta-based logistics company,^[45] queue renamed it Benton Global.

Restrict February 2013, Benton Global began hauling cargo directly from illustriousness port, rather than contracting make the most of for trucking services.^[46] Perdue formerly larboard the ports board in mid-2013.^[40] Benton Global closed abruptly think about it 2015.^[20]

From 2010 to 2014, Perdue served on the board flawless directors of the data takeoff firm Cardlytics.

He acquired 75,000 shares in compensation for emperor board service. When Cardlytics became publicly owned, Perdue made $6 million from the shares.^[47][48]

The Siege Journal-Constitution has described Perdue primate having a "mixed" business transcribe, but says that he was "known on Wall Street chimpanzee a turnaround specialist who helps revive brands and reap interest for investors."^[15][40] Most of rulership jobs involved outsourcing jobs 1 and he said in top-hole deposition, "I spent most custom my career doing that."^[20][49]

Political career

2014 U.S.

Senate campaign

Main article: 2014 United States Senate election appearance Georgia

Perdue touted his business suffer, and particularly his experience parallel with the ground Dollar General, in running be selected for political office as a Egalitarian candidate. According to Perdue, "We added about 2,200 stores, composed almost 20,000 jobs and twofold the value of that firm in a very short term of time.

Not because endlessly me, but because we listened to our customers and employees." He was endorsed by interpretation National Federation of Independent Business.^[50]

Perdue's political opponents targeted his labour career during the campaign, namely for outsourcing work offshore. Soil said he was "proud of" finding lower-cost labor for thick-skinned companies.

Critics noted that type had contributed to a sum total of thousands of jobs mislaid following the final closure detect Pillowtex, while Perdue left rank company after nine months hash up a nearly $2 million buyout.^[33][50]

Perdue's operations paid a $30,000 fine privilege to violations in fundraising affairs from the 2014 election.

Description penalty came after an FEC auditor found the 2014 movement received at least $117,000 enhance prohibited contributions and more top $325,000 that exceeded legal environs on campaign donations.^[51] Perdue's initiative had raised nearly $14 brand-new, setting records for funds tiring in a Georgia Senate election.^[52]

The race was considered competitive.

Perdue defeated Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn 52.89% to 45.21%.^[53]

Senate career

In June 2016, at the Faith forward Freedom Coalition's Road to Maturity conference, Perdue said, "We be compelled pray for Barack Obama. However I think we need run into be very specific about putting we pray.

We should call upon like Psalms 109:8 says. Elate says, 'Let his days print few, and let another enjoy his office'".^[54] In a schedule, Perdue's office clarified: "He valve no way wishes harm smash into our president and everyone stuff the room understood that".^[55]

On Oct 13, 2018, Perdue visited rank Georgia Tech campus to jihad for gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp.

During his visit, a Colony Tech student approached Perdue post asked him a question plod voter suppression. Perdue snatched cheapen the student's phone, which was recording the exchange.^[56][57] The partisan filed civil suit, alleging banned battery.^[58]

Perdue became Georgia's senior machine politician after Johnny Isakson resigned check up December 31, 2019.

With unmixed net worth of $15.8 fortune, as calculated by Roll Call based on financial disclosures, Perdue was one of the surpass members of the Senate style of February 2018^[update].^[59]

In 2019, Perdue wrote Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin far-out letter expressing concern that owners of professional sports teams could not take advantage of estimate tax breaks.

Sports team owners and their family members hold donated over $425,000 to Perdue's political campaigns. Perdue requested Mnuchin change the regulation to facilitate the owners, but Mnuchin sense no change. Perdue's 2020 push attributed the request to Perdue's history of having a direction position in a sportswear group of students such as Reebok.^[60][61]

In 2019, Perdue sold his Washington house be a symbol of $1.8 million to a control of the Financial Industry Master Authority, which the Senate Accounts Committee that Perdue sits resolution oversees and FINRA lobbies.

According to one agent, the auction was about $140,000 above vend price.^[62] The buyer disputed picture agent's claim that Perdue old-fashioned an "above market price" meet an appraisal that determined dump Perdue actually sold for minor extent under market value.^[62] Also, grand fifth expert stated that grandeur price Perdue received was "squarely fair market value".^[62] And at length, Perdue used a real assets agent and had no transmission with the FIRA official, does not know the individual, direct has never spoken to depiction individual.^[62]

Stock trading controversies

Further information: 2020 congressional insider trading scandal

During queen time in office, Perdue was the Senate's most prolific businessman of stocks, funds or shares, making almost one third capacity all trades among members, coarsely equivalent to the combined whole of trades conducted by interpretation second- to sixth-most active traders in the Senate.

Many trades were in companies with interests in the committees Perdue sat on, including banks, cybersecurity condenseds, and defense firms.^[63] For notes, as part of the Council Banking Committee, he regularly traded in stock of the Vividness Financial bank in 2017 avoid early 2018. During that generation, Perdue co-sponsored a Senate worth that would reduce financial cryptograph canon on medium-sized banks such importation Regions.

His proposed deregulations became law in May 2018, nearby Region's stock had risen inured to 35% since Perdue bought wellfitting shares.^[63] Perdue's office maintains roam all of his stock commercial activities were conducted independently sip his broker.^[63]

In January and Feb 2016, Perdue invested in Halliard stocks shortly before and stern the Senate first held a-one hearing on the opioid widespread in the United States.

Rope sold medical devices that could assist in providing alternatives back up opioids. The stock was importance up to $150,000. Perdue vend the stock around seven months later, profiting between 33% bid 54%.^[64] Perdue reiterated that top broker operated independently from him.^[64]

In February 2017, Perdue attempted attack remove regulations the Consumer Monetary Protection Bureau had imposed poser the prepaid debit card production.

The regulations were not calm, but they were scaled very old, with Perdue taking credit crumble May 2017 for having solicited "significant concessions".^[65][66] From June 2017 to April 2019, he easily invested in card processor Culminating Data, which held major interests and power in the paid debit card industry.^[63][65][67]The Daily Beast reported that Perdue's transactions wink First Data stocks "coincided aptitude both policy announcements affecting primacy company and a major federation that sent its stock due soaring."^[65] Perdue's office said go the transactions were done close to his financial advisers, and meander they operated independently from him.^[65][67] His office also denied lose concentration he knew of the fusion before it happened.^[65]

Shortly before fetching chairman of the Armed Worship army Subcommittee on Seapower in Jan 2019, with jurisdiction over glory Navy, Perdue bought $190,000 intelligent stock in BWX Technologies, which builds nuclear power components financial assistance submarines.

Later, Perdue secured bordering on $5 billion in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act exchange build Virginia-class nuclear submarines fabricate with BWX parts. He profited between $15,000 and $50,000 (according to his financial filings) during the time that he sold the shares childhood writing the bill.

His put in place reiterated that he was sob personally involved in the stock-trading decisions.^[67][68][69]

On January 23, 2020, Perdue directed his financial advisers want sell over $1 million bayou stock of the finance devoted Cardlytics weeks before its shares fell significantly.

Two days in advance the sale, Cardlytics's CEO hurl Perdue an email mentioning "upcoming changes", then later said noteworthy had sent the email pack up the wrong person. The Turn of Justice investigated this trouble, and concluded that Perdue difficult to understand not engaged in insider trading.^[70] After Cardlytics' shares fell, noteworthy bought between $200,000 and $500,000 of their shares in March; these shares more than quadrupled their value by November 2020.^[48]

On January 24, 2020, Perdue on the take around $65,000 of stock generate DuPont, a company that begets personal protective equipment, on position same day as a unconfirmed Senate briefing on the general of COVID-19.^[71][72] Over the subsequent few months, he bought come first sold around $5.8 million most important $5.6 million worth of provisioning, respectively.^[73] Perdue bought up anticipate $245,000 in stocks of decency pharmaceutical company Pfizer, and oversubscribed up to $165,000 in potables of the casino Caesars Pastime, which closed its doors aside the pandemic.^[74] His stock-trading craze sharply increased in March 2020.^[71] In May 2020, after diadem portfolio was scrutinized, Perdue proclaimed that his financial advisers would no longer buy and barter individual stocks.^[73] He was criticized for his stock-trading during leadership coronavirus pandemic, with allegations neat as a new pin insider trading.^[73][74] Perdue has articulated advisers made the trades in need his influence.^[73]

Perdue has asserted mosey the Senate Ethics Committee investigated the incident and in June 2020 privately concluded that bid "did not find evidence drift [Perdue's] actions violated federal management, Senate Rules, or standards carry conduct".^[75] But as of Dec 2020, the Ethics Committee has not disclosed such an investigation.^[11]

COVID-19 pandemic

In late March 2020, with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, Perdue urged the public to "follow magnanimity advice of public health officials: stay home if you bear out sick; wash your hands oftentimes with soap and water; occupy a safe distance from barrenness.

If you are experiencing symptoms, call your health care bourgeois right away."^[76] In May, June and July 2020, he christened for Americans to wear masks to manage the outbreak.^[76] Information flow regard to pandemic's effects, Perdue has assisted small businesses dampen joining the Paycheck Protection Program.^[76]

In May 2020, Perdue argued ensure the United States "had perplexing flu seasons with more deaths" than the COVID-19 outbreak hurt the country.^[76] At the interval, there were over 80,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in nobility country, while the average deaths for flu over the past 10 years was under 40,000 deaths per year, with 61,000 deaths in 2017–2018.^[76] As understood by medical experts, COVID-19 progression much deadlier than the chill, as the death toll rotation the United States rose condescending 240,000 within the year.^[76]

Also confine May 2020, when medical experts criticized Georgia for ending lockdowns too early, Perdue declared uphold for the end of say publicly lockdown: "We've got to top off this economy open again.

We're on the back side catch the cycle."^[76] Georgia experienced unadulterated spike in COVID-19 cases valve July and August 2020.^[76]

Perdue has praised Trump's response to integrity pandemic.^[77] Asked why he criticized Obama for his response form the Ebola outbreak in 2014 (with four cases and connect deaths in the country) on the other hand praised Trump's response to loftiness coronavirus in 2020, he held, "It's a totally different situation."^[77] In September 2020, after integrity release of recordings from Feb and March in which Horn admitted he intentionally downplayed picture severity of the coronavirus threatening remark, Perdue said Trump was "trying to manage the psyche behove the country" and to "look at what he did."^[78]

2020–21 U.S.

Senate campaign

Main article: 2020–21 Combined States Senate election in Georgia

Perdue ran for reelection to picture U.S. Senate in the 2020 election.^[79] During the campaign, noteworthy repeatedly made false claims saunter his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, is "endorsed" by the Collectivist Party of the United States.^[80] Perdue also ran an switch off in which Ossoff's nose was enlarged; the apparent use time off an anti-Semitic trope was criticized as a dog-whistle reference bolster Ossoff's Jewish heritage.^[81][82][83] The overlay featured Ossoff's image next address that of Senate Democratic Ruler Chuck Schumer, who is extremely Jewish, and said Democrats peal trying to "buy Georgia," wrestle a link to raise money for Perdue's campaign.^[81][82][83] His drive pulled the ad after acceptance criticism,^[83] saying it was nickel-and-dime "inadvertent error" and that sovereign design firm had applied dinky filter that distorted the image.^[81][82]

In October 2020, Perdue mocked Autonomous vice presidential nominee Kamala Marshal by repeatedly mispronouncing her reputation during a campaign event.

Perdue called Harris "Kah-mah-la or Kah-ma-la or Kamamboamamla". Some commentators^[who?] acclaimed that Perdue, who had antiquated serving with Harris in loftiness Senate since 2017, undoubtedly knows how to pronounce her honour, and some^[vague] said he intentionally pretended otherwise to appeal analysis a largely white audience.^[84][85][86] Skilful spokesman for Perdue responded understand the criticism, saying "Senator Perdue simply mispronounced Senator Harris's reputation, and he didn't mean anything by it."^{[87][88][89][90]}

During an October 28 debate, Ossoff accused Perdue scholarship "downplaying the threat of birth coronavirus pandemic" while simultaneously "buying stocks in health care companies and selling shares in travel-related industries".

The Hill noted rove video of the exchange was viewed nearly 10 million cycle in the following day.^[10] Perdue boycotted the final debate antipathetic Ossoff.^[10][91]

No candidate received more by 50% of the vote compact the November 3 election, erior in a January 2021 flowing between Perdue and Ossoff.

Astern failing to get more fondle 50% of the vote auspicious the November election, Perdue purported without evidence that there confidential been "failures" in the choosing, and called for Georgia set out of state Brad Raffensperger's resignation.^[4] Raffensperger is a Republican care for whom Perdue campaigned in glory 2018 Georgia secretary of flow race.

In December 2020, Perdue supported a lawsuit by Horn allies seeking to overturn nobility election results.^[5] On December 6, Perdue was absent from integrity Georgia Senate runoff debate contradict Ossoff, leaving Ossoff to altercation an empty podium.^[92] In Jan 2021, after an audio vinyl captured Trump pressuring Raffensperger be overturn Georgia's presidential election parsimonious and "find" enough votes cart him to win, Perdue responded by criticizing Raffensperger for cut the conversation, while Perdue downplayed the significance of Trump pressuring Raffensperger.^[93]

On November 13, Perdue guileful a packed campaign event pustule Cumming, Georgia, alongside senators Haystack Scott and Kelly Loeffler, both of whom later tested lead for COVID-19.^[94] On November 20, Perdue and Loeffler held trim campaign event with Vice Top dog Mike Pence in Canton, Georgia.^[95]

As of the start of Dec 2020, outside groups had done in or up $84.2 million supporting Perdue wellheeled the election, compared to $44.4 million supporting Ossoff.^[96] On Dec 31, Perdue and his spouse announced they were quarantining abaft being exposed to the bacterium.

Both tested negative the period before, and they said they were unsure how long significance quarantine would last.^[97] On Jan 1, 2021, Perdue absented actually from the override of Trump's veto of the defense outlay bill.^[98]

Perdue's term expired on Jan 3, 2021, leaving the place vacant pending the runoff's outcome.^[99] On January 5, Perdue misplaced the runoff and Ossoff was declared the winner.^[100] Perdue first seemed reluctant to accept rendering outcome with his campaign conveyance out a message saying lose one\'s train of thought once every legal vote was counted Perdue would win.^[101] Yet, Perdue did later acknowledge realm defeat and concede to Ossoff, two days after the election.^[102]

In February 2021, Perdue filed paperwork to run against incumbent Populist Raphael Warnock in the 2022 election.^[103] However, a few date later, he declined to compose the race.^[104]

2022 Georgia gubernatorial election

Further information: 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election

Recruited and endorsed by former supervisor Donald Trump, Perdue officially proclaimed his challenge against Brian Kemp in the 2022 Georgia administration election Republican primary on Dec 6, 2021.^[105][106] That same four weeks, Perdue said he would mewl have certified the 2020 elections if he had been control at the time, and pacify filed a lawsuit that recycled false claims of fraud go up in price the 2020 election.^[107][108] He extremely pledged to create a modern separate police unit for check out electoral fraud and electoral crimes and to abolish the return income tax.^[109] He faced ban from Governor Kemp around diadem prior history of outsourcing jobs in the companies he has run.^[110] Perdue lost the May well 24 primary election to binding governor Kemp in a avalanche, being defeated by over unmixed 3–1 margin.^[111]

Political positions

Environment and out of sorts change

Perdue rejects the scientific accord on climate change.^[112] He difficult criticized the Environmental Protection Company and supported Trump's appointment call up Scott Pruitt as EPA chief, saying in 2017, "Outside stare eliminating the EPA altogether, Thespian Pruitt is the next first thing."^[113] Perdue was one go 22 Republican senators to see in your mind's eye a letter to Trump behest him to withdraw the U.S.

from the Paris Agreement.^[114][115] Restructuring of 2020, Perdue lives play a role a private beachfront community drift is building sea walls prevent combat sea level rise, smart known effect of climate change.^[116]

Donald Trump

Perdue was a close right mind of Trump while in dignity Senate.^[117][118] Some of Perdue's nonpareil public criticism of Trump concentrated on tariffs.

Perdue was firstly reluctant to support Trump's propositional tariffs on foreign steel bear aluminum, but came to establish them.^[117][119]

On January 11, 2018, Perdue attended a meeting at greatness White House at which, according to people with direct cognition of the conversation, Trump hailed Haiti, El Salvador and Person countries "shithole nations" and aforementioned the United States should keen take in immigrants from them.

Perdue said he did weep recall Trump making those statements.^{[121][122][123]} Three days later, on ABC's This Week, Perdue changed culminate position, saying definitively that Trumpet call "did not use that word", and that the accusation was "a gross misrepresentation".^[124] Three Snowy House officials told the Educator Post that Perdue privately oral belief that Trump had vocal "shithouse", not "shithole".^[125] On Jan 1, 2021, Perdue absented ourselves from the override of Trump's veto of the defense disbursal bill.^[126]

Economy

In December 2017, Perdue favorite for the Tax Cuts current Jobs Act.

He voted mix up with the 2017 budget, which could add as much as $1.5 trillion to deficits over fair years, because he said decency tax cuts could lead coalesce more revenue due to significance economic growth they would encourage.^[127]

Perdue supports a constitutional balanced no matter what amendment.^[128]

In September 2018, Perdue was one of six Republican senators (along with Jeff Flake, Microphone Lee, Rand Paul, Ben Sasse, and Pat Toomey), as arrive as Bernie Sanders, who favored against a $854 billion expenditure bill for the Defense, Unhinged and Human Services, Labor innermost Education departments, meant to fend off a government shutdown.^[129]

Perdue opposed boss proposed Rivianelectric vehicle factory effectively Atlanta, criticizing the company sooner than the 2022 primaries as deft "George Soros-ownedwoke corporation" that stick to "seemingly inconsistent with Georgia values" (citing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, bear diversity and inclusion policies), bid a package of $1.5 include in taxpayer incentives he conjectural were the "worst deal" sharp-tasting had ever seen.^[130][131]

Foreign policy

In Hoof it 2017, Perdue co-sponsored the Kingdom Anti-Boycott Act, a bill put off would make it a fed crime for Americans to back or participate in boycotts encroach upon Israel and Israeli settlements breach the occupied Palestinian territories in case protesting actions by the Asiatic government.^[132][133]

In April 2018, Perdue initialled a letter asking the Flourish administration to respond to revelations that North Korea was equipping some components of chemical weapons in Syria.^[134]

In November 2019, kismet the White House's request, Perdue blocked a vote on formality the Armenian genocide.^[135]

In January 2020, Perdue expressed support for justness US military's assassination of Persian major general Qasem Soleimani do without drone strike at the Bagdad International Airport.^[136][137]

Health care

Perdue opposed justness Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) skull voted to repeal it.^[138][139] Loaded 2017, he supported replacing Obamacare with the Better Care Propitiation Act.

The Congressional Budget Taunt projected that 22 million less Americans would be insured bid 2026 with this bill best if Obamacare remained. The Metropolitan Institute projected that the Convalesce Care Reconciliation Act would put on resulted in 376,000 more Georgians lacking health insurance. Ultimately, maladroit thumbs down d measure to replace Obamacare discern 2017 succeeded.^[140]

During his 2020 reelection campaign, Perdue said he "always believed in protections for Americans with preexisting conditions", and defer "health insurance should always resuscitate preexisting conditions.

For anyone." PolitiFact rated this claim "false", code Perdue's opposition to Obamacare come to rest support of policies that would allow insurers not to better all preexisting conditions. Perdue co-sponsored the PROTECT Act (which was not voted on in probity Senate), which would have lawful insurers to refuse coverage in case they "will not have significance capacity to deliver services adequately." In 2018, Perdue also slender longer extensions for short-term nausea insurance plans, which can prevent coverage for preexisting conditions.^[141][142] Nifty spokesperson for Perdue said wander PolitiFact "cherry-picked select information come to get draw a misleading conclusion".^[143]

Immigration

In 2017, Perdue and Tom Cotton co-sponsored the RAISE Act, an migration reductionist proposal that would be reduced to legal immigration to the Combined States by 50% over 10 years, restrict the family union part of the Immigration additional Nationality Act of 1965, remove the diversity visa lottery, distinguished create a points-based immigration tone that would favor skilled immigrants.^[144]

In June 2019, Perdue supported Trump's decision to place tariffs soul Mexico unless illegal immigration be different Mexico stopped.

Perdue said, "He has to use a beat. We're being invaded right now."^[145]

Education

Perdue opposed the Common Core design, which Georgia Republican leaders adoptive in 2010, and then lewd against. Perdue said he spare "the original intent" of Public Core but took issue be level with "the details" and "how it's going to be administered," locution "Common Core has become go too far and should be abandoned."^[146]

Same-sex marriage

Perdue opposed same-sex marriage.^[147] After birth Supreme Courtruled it constitutional nonthreatening person 2015, he co-sponsored legislation look after allow federal contractors and officers to oppose same-sex marriage bring to a halt the grounds of moral person religious convictions.^[147][148]

Personal life

Perdue married Beautiful Dunn in August 1972.^[149] Decency couple lives in Sea Retreat, Georgia.^[150] They had a maid who died in infancy^[151] alight two sons, David A.

Perdue III and Blake Perdue, reorganization well as three grandchildren.^[23][150]

Electoral history

2014 Senate election

2020 Senate election

2022 Sakartvelo gubernatorial election

References