It marked the primary major debate between Perdue, whose most outstanding supporter is former President Donald Trump, and Kemp, who the previous President says betrayed him for refusing to assist him overturn his defeat in 2020 and whom he has got down to dethrone.
Whereas there isn’t a proof of widespread voter fraud in any state throughout the 2020 election, Perdue returned to the topic — a central theme of his marketing campaign — a number of occasions all through the hourlong debate and argued that Kemp didn’t do sufficient to problem the state’s election outcomes.
Perdue was defeated by Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s Senate election, and Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock received the particular election for the state’s different Senate seat, giving Democrats a majority within the chamber. Their wins within the January 2021 runoffs, paired with President Joe Biden’s victory over Trump within the Peach State, made Georgia central to Republican efforts to problem the election.
Trump has endorsed and vigorously supported Perdue in an try and get again at Kemp for refusing to assist him overturn his defeat in 2020.
“There’s solely one who’s overwhelmed Stacey Abrams, and that is me,” Kemp mentioned, referring to his first marketing campaign for governor in 2018 when he narrowly defeated Abrams. However Perdue remained centered on relitigating Kemp’s dealing with of the 2020 election.
“The one cause I am not in america Senate is since you caved in and gave the elections to Stacey and to the liberal Democrats in 2020,” he mentioned.
Perdue accused Kemp of passing the blame onto others and mentioned that made him a “weak” chief. Kemp instantly returned the assault.
“Weak leaders blame all people else for their very own losses as an alternative of blaming themselves,” he mentioned.
Talking to CNN following the controversy, Perdue mentioned he uncovered a “weak governor.” Kemp, in the meantime, declined to reply CNN’s questions as he left the controversy website at WSB-TV’s studio in midtown Atlanta.
