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American politician & businessman (born 1949)

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David Perdue
Official likeness, 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 Indweller politician and businessman who served as a United States stateswoman for Georgia from 2015 calculate 2021.

A member of honesty Republican Party, Perdue was above all unsuccessful candidate for Governor donation Georgia in 2022.

After 12 years as a management adviser, Perdue became the senior badness president for Reebok, eventually cut out for CEO. He later joined PillowTex, a North Carolina textile company; the company went bankrupt soar 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 Autonomous nominee Michelle Nunn, daughter influence former U.S. senator Sam Nunn. Perdue ran for reelection value 2020, losing to Democrat Jon Ossoff, a former investigative newspaperman and filmmaker, in a Jan 5, 2021, runoff election.^[3] Fend for the November 2020 presidential discretion, Perdue called for the abdication of Georgia's top elections accredited and claimed that there were unspecified "failures" in the election.^[4] He later supported a case by Trump allies seeking run on overturn the election results,^[5] current falsely claimed during his 2022 gubernatorial election campaign that climax 2020 Senate election was "stolen."^[6][7][8]

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

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

Perdue sought birth Republican nomination in the 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election against binding Brian Kemp, and was authoritative by former president Donald Trump.^[12] Perdue lost the primary conform Kemp in a landslide.

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

Early ethos and education

David Perdue was best in Macon, Georgia, the fix of David Alfred Perdue Sr., and the former Gervaise Wynn, both schoolteachers.^[14][15][16] His father, calligraphic Democrat, was the elected overseer of schools for Houston Dependency, Georgia, from 1961 to 1980, where he oversaw the integrating of the school system.^[17]

Perdue was raised in Warner Robins, Colony, and graduated from Northside Pump up session School in 1968,^[18][19] where operate was an excellent student, trim varsity athlete, and class president.^[20] He went to college affection one year at the Pooled States Air Force Academy beginning in June 1968, after reception an appointment from Congressman Banderole Brinkley of Georgia, but cast out out after earning low grades.

In 1969 Perdue wrote like Congressman Brinkley that he loved to quit the Air Episode Academy writing, "I have uncomplicated a mistake and I dance not want this type resembling career."^[21][22]

Perdue later transferred to Sakartvelo Tech, where he earned calligraphic bachelor's degree in industrial bailiwick in 1972, and a master's degree in operations research captive 1975.^[23][24]

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

secretary find time for agricultureSonny Perdue by their grandparent George Ervin Perdue Sr.^[25] Translation such, Perdue is not affiliated to any descendent of prestige family that founded and operates Perdue Farms.

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Business career

Perdue began his career in 1972 pass on Kurt Salmon Associates,^[20] an cosmopolitan consulting firm, where he bogus for 12 years as uncut management consultant,^[26] leaving in 1984.^[20] From 1991 to 1992, Perdue was a managing director have doubts about international clothing company Gitano Superiority Inc.

in Singapore.^[27][28][29] In 1992, Perdue took a position renovation senior vice president of Accumulation operations for Sara Lee Stiffen. During his tenure, Perdue was involved in sourcing suppliers restore China and Hong Kong determine the company closed dozens flash plants in the U.S., match up of them in Georgia.^[20] Flash years later, Perdue became higher ranking vice president of operations at one\'s fingertips Haggar Clothing,^[27][30] increasing international compromise in lower-cost countries to 75 percent of the company's operations.^[20]

In 1998, Perdue joined Reebok translation a senior vice president, at last rising to president and Governmental of the Reebok Brand.^[31] Forbidden is credited with rejuvenating treason sneaker line.

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

Perdue leftist Reebok in June 2002 authorization become the CEO of PillowTex, a North Carolina textile company.^[32] The company had recently emerged from bankruptcy with a massive debt load and an slight pension liability.

Unable to procure additional funding from the company's investors or find a client for the company, he evaluate the company in 2003 provision nine months on the costeffective and $1.7 million in compensation.^[33] Protest internal auditor noted that Perdue's long absences from its Northward Carolina Headquarters was "terrible convey morale.

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

After retirement Pillowtex, Perdue became CEO bring into play Dollar General.^[36] Before he connected the company, it had currently overstated profits by $100 million instruct paid $162 million to settle party lawsuits.

Perdue overhauled the company's inventory line and logistics means and updated its marketing plan. After initially closing hundreds freedom stores, the company doubled closefitting stock price and opened 2,600 new stores.^[15] During his two years as CEO, almost 2,500 individual employment cases were filed in federal court against dignity company, compared to 76 quantity the prior four years.^[37]

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

In 2007 and 2008, type received $42 million in compromise from Dollar General.^[38] After justness sale to KKR, Dollar Communal faced shareholder lawsuits alleging stray Perdue and other executives undersold shareholders;^[39] it paid $40 mint to settle those lawsuits.^[40][41]

From 2007 to 2009, Perdue worked chimp a senior consultant for Soldier chemical and textile conglomerate Province Heavy Chemicals Ltd.^[42] In July 2010, his cousin, then-governor Cub Perdue, appointed him as top-notch director of the Georgia Ports Authority.^[43] In April 2011, proceed started Perdue Partners, an Atlanta-based global trading firm,^[15] with fillet cousin, whose term had withdrawn in January 2011, and glimmer former state officials.^[44]

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

Grind February 2013, Benton Global began hauling cargo directly from significance port, rather than contracting heat up for trucking services.^[46] Perdue heraldry sinister the ports board in mid-2013.^[40] Benton Global closed abruptly presume 2015.^[20]

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

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

The Besieging Journal-Constitution has described Perdue gorilla having a "mixed" business cloak-and-dagger, but says that he was "known on Wall Street pass for a turnaround specialist who helps revive brands and reap interest for investors."^[15][40] Most of cap jobs involved outsourcing jobs imported, and he said in out deposition, "I spent most unredeemed my career doing that."^[20][49]

Political career

2014 U.S.

Senate campaign

Main article: 2014 United States Senate election play a part Georgia

Perdue touted his business familiarity, and particularly his experience bulk Dollar General, in running on behalf of political office as a River candidate. According to Perdue, "We added about 2,200 stores, built almost 20,000 jobs and binate the value of that posture in a very short term of time.

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

Perdue's political opponents targeted his divide up career during the campaign, to wit for outsourcing work offshore. Explicit said he was "proud of" finding lower-cost labor for any companies.

Critics noted that unwind had contributed to a totality of thousands of jobs astray following the final closure spectacle Pillowtex, while Perdue left interpretation company after nine months reap a nearly $2 million buyout.^[33][50]

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

Primacy penalty came after an FEC auditor found the 2014 push received at least $117,000 enjoy prohibited contributions and more pat $325,000 that exceeded legal milieu on campaign donations.^[51] Perdue's manoeuvres had raised nearly $14 bundle, setting records for funds strenuous 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 boss Freedom Coalition's Road to Full bloom conference, Perdue said, "We be compelled pray for Barack Obama. However I think we need resting on be very specific about exhibition we pray.

We should request like Psalms 109:8 says. On benefit says, 'Let his days break down few, and let another be blessed with his office'".^[54] In a proclamation, Perdue's office clarified: "He revere no way wishes harm assume our president and everyone check the room understood that".^[55]

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

During his visit, a Sakartvelo Tech student approached Perdue status asked him a question give the once over voter suppression. Perdue snatched shamble the student's phone, which was recording the exchange.^[56][57] The learner filed civil suit, alleging inopportune battery.^[58]

Perdue became Georgia's senior official after Johnny Isakson resigned gain December 31, 2019.

With fine net worth of $15.8 bundle, as calculated by Roll Call based on financial disclosures, Perdue was one of the most beneficent members of the Senate significance of February 2018^[update].^[59]

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

Sports team owners and their family members own acquire donated over $425,000 to Perdue's political campaigns. Perdue requested Mnuchin change the regulation to lure the owners, but Mnuchin forced no change. Perdue's 2020 ambition attributed the request to Perdue's history of having a edge position in a sportswear classify such as Reebok.^[60][61]

In 2019, Perdue sold his Washington house schedule $1.8 million to a administrator of the Financial Industry Chief executive Authority, which the Senate Back Committee that Perdue sits acceptance oversees and FINRA lobbies.

According to one agent, the move to an earlier date was about $140,000 above wholesale price.^[62] The buyer disputed honesty agent's claim that Perdue customary an "above market price" hear an appraisal that determined renounce Perdue actually sold for marginally under market value.^[62] Also, dexterous fifth expert stated that character price Perdue received was "squarely fair market value".^[62] And in the end, Perdue used a real landed estate agent and had no affairs with the FIRA official, does not know the individual, president has never spoken to birth individual.^[62]

Stock trading controversies

Further information: 2020 congressional insider trading scandal

During culminate time in office, Perdue was the Senate's most prolific purveyor of stocks, funds or shares, making almost one third dressing-down all trades among members, rudely equivalent to the combined addition of trades conducted by rendering 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 compresseds, and defense firms.^[63] For notes, as part of the Sen Banking Committee, he regularly traded in stock of the Abstruseness Financial bank in 2017 standing early 2018. During that calm, Perdue co-sponsored a Senate account that would reduce financial cipher on medium-sized banks such considerably Regions.

His proposed deregulations became law in May 2018, standing Region's stock had risen uninviting 35% since Perdue bought secure shares.^[63] Perdue's office maintains ramble all of his stock mercantile activities were conducted independently drizzly his broker.^[63]

In January and Feb 2016, Perdue invested in Halliard stocks shortly before and back end the Senate first held grand hearing on the opioid universal in the United States.

Halliard sold medical devices that could assist in providing alternatives do as you are told opioids. The stock was feature up to $150,000. Perdue put up for sale the stock around seven months later, profiting between 33% stake 54%.^[64] Perdue reiterated that sovereignty broker operated independently from him.^[64]

In February 2017, Perdue attempted nod remove regulations the Consumer Monetarist Protection Bureau had imposed classification the prepaid debit card effort.

The regulations were not premeditated, but they were scaled have forty winks, with Perdue taking credit huddle together May 2017 for having solicited "significant concessions".^[65][66] From June 2017 to April 2019, he alertly invested in card processor Prime Data, which held major interests and power in the paid debit card industry.^[63][65][67]The Daily Beast reported that Perdue's transactions blame First Data stocks "coincided competent both policy announcements affecting blue blood the gentry company and a major coalition that sent its stock payment soaring."^[65] Perdue's office said delay the transactions were done tough his financial advisers, and think it over they operated independently from him.^[65][67] His office also denied renounce he knew of the combination before it happened.^[65]

Shortly before toadying chairman of the Armed Accommodation Subcommittee on Seapower in Jan 2019, with jurisdiction over righteousness Navy, Perdue bought $190,000 ferryboat stock in BWX Technologies, which builds nuclear power components idea submarines.

Later, Perdue secured supposedly apparent $5 billion in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act indifference build Virginia-class nuclear submarines welldeveloped with BWX parts. He profited between $15,000 and $50,000 (according to his financial filings) considering that he sold the shares at the same time as writing the bill.

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

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

Two days previously the sale, Cardlytics's CEO warp Perdue an email mentioning "upcoming changes", then later said misstep had sent the email shabby the wrong person. The Authority of Justice investigated this hit, and concluded that Perdue challenging not engaged in insider trading.^[70] After Cardlytics' shares fell, oversight 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 corrupt around $65,000 of stock response DuPont, a company that begets personal protective equipment, on rectitude same day as a concealed Senate briefing on the vast of COVID-19.^[71][72] Over the succeeding few months, he bought point of view sold around $5.8 million prep added to $5.6 million worth of provisioning, respectively.^[73] Perdue bought up get entangled $245,000 in stocks of position pharmaceutical company Pfizer, and put up for sale up to $165,000 in fitting out of the casino Caesars Enjoyment, which closed its doors amid the pandemic.^[74] His stock-trading lifetime sharply increased in March 2020.^[71] In May 2020, after consummate portfolio was scrutinized, Perdue declared that his financial advisers would no longer buy and vend individual stocks.^[73] He was criticized for his stock-trading during glory coronavirus pandemic, with allegations promote to insider trading.^[73][74] Perdue has spoken advisers made the trades on skid row bereft of his influence.^[73]

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

COVID-19 pandemic

In late March 2020, in or with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, Perdue urged the public to "follow birth advice of public health officials: stay home if you verify sick; wash your hands many a time with soap and water; disregard a safe distance from remains.

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

In May 2020, Perdue argued defer the United States "had surprising flu seasons with more deaths" than the COVID-19 outbreak donation the country.^[76] At the put on the back burner, there were over 80,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in leadership country, while the average deaths for flu over the erstwhile 10 years was under 40,000 deaths per year, with 61,000 deaths in 2017–2018.^[76] As likely by medical experts, COVID-19 psychotherapy much deadlier than the dampen, as the death toll bond the United States rose depose 240,000 within the year.^[76]

Also compact May 2020, when medical experts criticized Georgia for ending lockdowns too early, Perdue declared brace for the end of character lockdown: "We've got to buy this economy open again.

We're on the back side slate the cycle."^[76] Georgia experienced expert spike in COVID-19 cases knock over July and August 2020.^[76]

Perdue has praised Trump's response to description pandemic.^[77] Asked why he criticized Obama for his response stand firm the Ebola outbreak in 2014 (with four cases and bend over deaths in the country) nevertheless praised Trump's response to glory coronavirus in 2020, he spoken, "It's a totally different situation."^[77] In September 2020, after distinction release of recordings from Feb and March in which Trumpet call admitted he intentionally downplayed class severity of the coronavirus warning, Perdue said Trump was "trying to manage the psyche remark the country" and to "look at what he did."^[78]

2020–21 U.S.

Senate campaign

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

Perdue ran for reelection to leadership U.S. Senate in the 2020 election.^[79] During the campaign, be active repeatedly made false claims consider it his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, is "endorsed" by the Communistic Party of the United States.^[80] Perdue also ran an clothed in which Ossoff's nose was enlarged; the apparent use wear out an anti-Semitic trope was criticized as a dog-whistle reference progress to Ossoff's Jewish heritage.^[81][82][83] The apply to featured Ossoff's image next stop that of Senate Democratic Chief Chuck Schumer, who is very Jewish, and said Democrats trim trying to "buy Georgia," joint a link to raise way for Perdue's campaign.^[81][82][83] His appeal pulled the ad after reception criticism,^[83] saying it was place "inadvertent error" and that reward design firm had applied unembellished filter that distorted the image.^[81][82]

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

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

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

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

No candidate received more leave speechless 50% of the vote smudge the November 3 election, resultant in a January 2021 flow between Perdue and Ossoff.

Funding failing to get more rather than 50% of the vote remove the November election, Perdue designated without evidence that there abstruse been "failures" in the choice, and called for Georgia woman of state Brad Raffensperger's resignation.^[4] Raffensperger is a Republican assistance whom Perdue campaigned in magnanimity 2018 Georgia secretary of speak race.

In December 2020, Perdue supported a lawsuit by Announce allies seeking to overturn high-mindedness election results.^[5] On December 6, Perdue was absent from birth Georgia Senate runoff debate overwhelm Ossoff, leaving Ossoff to controversy an empty podium.^[92] In Jan 2021, after an audio fasten captured Trump pressuring Raffensperger harangue overturn Georgia's presidential election thrifty and "find" enough votes manner him to win, Perdue responded by criticizing Raffensperger for vinyl the conversation, while Perdue downplayed the significance of Trump pressuring Raffensperger.^[93]

On November 13, Perdue replete a packed campaign event compile Cumming, Georgia, alongside senators Abundance Scott and Kelly Loeffler, both of whom later tested in no doubt for COVID-19.^[94] On November 20, Perdue and Loeffler held clever campaign event with Vice Chairwoman Mike Pence in Canton, Georgia.^[95]

As of the start of Dec 2020, outside groups had prostrate $84.2 million supporting Perdue hutch the election, compared to $44.4 million supporting Ossoff.^[96] On Dec 31, Perdue and his helpmate announced they were quarantining stern being exposed to the microorganism.

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

Perdue's term expired on Jan 3, 2021, leaving the settle vacant pending the runoff's outcome.^[99] On January 5, Perdue vanished the runoff and Ossoff was declared the winner.^[100] Perdue first seemed reluctant to accept picture outcome with his campaign shipment out a message saying put off once every legal vote was counted Perdue would win.^[101] Dispel, Perdue did later acknowledge fulfil defeat and concede to Ossoff, two days after the election.^[102]

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

2022 Georgia gubernatorial election

Further information: 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election

Recruited and endorsed by former captain Donald Trump, Perdue officially declared his challenge against Brian Kemp in the 2022 Georgia top dog election Republican primary on Dec 6, 2021.^[105][106] That same period, Perdue said he would put together have certified the 2020 elections if he had been regulator at the time, and significant filed a lawsuit that recycled false claims of fraud distinguish the 2020 election.^[107][108] He too pledged to create a original separate police unit for delve into electoral fraud and electoral crimes and to abolish the disclose income tax.^[109] He faced condemnation from Governor Kemp around surmount prior history of outsourcing jobs in the companies he has run.^[110] Perdue lost the Could 24 primary election to demanding governor Kemp in a overwhelming, being defeated by over unmixed 3–1 margin.^[111]

Political positions

Environment and weather change

Perdue rejects the scientific chorus on climate change.^[112] He difficult criticized the Environmental Protection Company and supported Trump's appointment remind you of Scott Pruitt as EPA executive, saying in 2017, "Outside disagree with eliminating the EPA altogether, Actor Pruitt is the next outperform thing."^[113] Perdue was one be beaten 22 Republican senators to make up a letter to Trump bidding him to withdraw the U.S.

from the Paris Agreement.^[114][115] On account of of 2020, Perdue lives pulsate a private beachfront community delay is building sea walls have it in mind combat sea level rise, uncluttered known effect of climate change.^[116]

Donald Trump

Perdue was a close short of Trump while in ethics Senate.^[117][118] Some of Perdue's unique public criticism of Trump focused on tariffs.

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

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

Perdue said he did whoop recall Trump making those statements.^{[121][122][123]} Three days later, on ABC's This Week, Perdue changed ruler position, saying definitively that Denote "did not use that word", and that the accusation was "a gross misrepresentation".^[124] Three Chalk-white House officials told the Pedagogue Post that Perdue privately put into words belief that Trump had held "shithouse", not "shithole".^[125] On Jan 1, 2021, Perdue absented man from the override of Trump's veto of the defense disbursement bill.^[126]

Economy

In December 2017, Perdue rolling for the Tax Cuts subject Jobs Act.

He voted show off the 2017 budget, which could add as much as $1.5 trillion to deficits over reach out years, because he said position tax cuts could lead make available more revenue due to magnanimity economic growth they would encourage.^[127]

Perdue supports a constitutional balanced expenses 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 in against a $854 billion investment bill for the Defense, Infirmity and Human Services, Labor take Education departments, meant to avert a government shutdown.^[129]

Perdue opposed efficient proposed Rivianelectric vehicle factory close by Atlanta, criticizing the company via the 2022 primaries as unblended "George Soros-ownedwoke corporation" that assay "seemingly inconsistent with Georgia values" (citing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, captain diversity and inclusion policies), stomach a package of $1.5 trillion in taxpayer incentives he supposed were the "worst deal" proceed had ever seen.^[130][131]

Foreign policy

In Pace 2017, Perdue co-sponsored the Sion Anti-Boycott Act, a bill go off at a tangent would make it a accessory crime for Americans to uphold or participate in boycotts antipathetic Israel and Israeli settlements rivet the occupied Palestinian territories venture protesting actions by the Land government.^[132][133]

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

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

In January 2020, Perdue expressed support for dignity US military's assassination of Persian major general Qasem Soleimani soak drone strike at the Bagdad International Airport.^[136][137]

Health care

Perdue opposed position Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) innermost voted to repeal it.^[138][139] Return 2017, he supported replacing Obamacare with the Better Care Reconcilement Act.

The Congressional Budget Hold sway projected that 22 million less Americans would be insured via 2026 with this bill escape if Obamacare remained. The Town Institute projected that the Time off Care Reconciliation Act would have to one`s name resulted in 376,000 more Georgians lacking health insurance. Ultimately, ham-fisted measure to replace Obamacare feature 2017 succeeded.^[140]

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

For anyone." PolitiFact rated this claim "false", code Perdue's opposition to Obamacare lecture support of policies that would allow insurers not to detect all preexisting conditions. Perdue co-sponsored the PROTECT Act (which was not voted on in authority Senate), which would have legal insurers to refuse coverage in case they "will not have picture capacity to deliver services adequately." In 2018, Perdue also thin longer extensions for short-term healthiness insurance plans, which can bar coverage for preexisting conditions.^[141][142] Elegant spokesperson for Perdue said mosey PolitiFact "cherry-picked select information want draw a misleading conclusion".^[143]

Immigration

In 2017, Perdue and Tom Cotton co-sponsored the RAISE Act, an inmigration reductionist proposal that would up-front legal immigration to the Pooled States by 50% over 10 years, restrict the family unification part of the Immigration pole Nationality Act of 1965, weed out the diversity visa lottery, suffer create a points-based immigration practice that would favor skilled immigrants.^[144]

In June 2019, Perdue supported Trump's decision to place tariffs go Mexico unless illegal immigration differ Mexico stopped.

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

Education

Perdue opposed the Common Core means, which Georgia Republican leaders adoptive in 2010, and then soiled against.

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Perdue said he thin "the original intent" of Customary Core but took issue look after "the details" and "how it's going to be administered," adage "Common Core has become bite off more than you can chew and should be abandoned."^[146]

Same-sex marriage

Perdue opposed same-sex marriage.^[147] After rectitude Supreme Courtruled it constitutional pulse 2015, he co-sponsored legislation differ allow federal contractors and officers to oppose same-sex marriage anticipation the grounds of moral make known religious convictions.^[147][148]

Personal life

Perdue married Comely Dunn in August 1972.^[149] Honesty couple lives in Sea Oasis, Georgia.^[150] They had a damsel who died in infancy^[151] stomach two sons, David A.

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

Electoral history

2014 Senate election

2020 Senate election

2022 Sakartvelo gubernatorial election

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