Georgia senator seen grabbing student's phone amid question about voter ID law
Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) was seen on video snatching the cellphone out of the hands of a Georgia Tech student while he was being asked a question regarding the state’s possible suppression of minority voter registration.
Perdue was visiting the college campus in Atlanta on Saturday to campaign for Georgia’s Secretary of State Brian Kemp, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
Kemp is being sued by the Georgia NAACP over a report that more than 53,000 voter applications from a majority of black voters are on hold just a month before the general elections.
Kemp, a Republican, is in a statistical tie in the race for Georgia governor against Democrat Stacey Abrams, according to a poll released this week.
An unnamed student member of the Young Democratic Socialists of America on Saturday confronted Perdue about Kemp while recording the senator on his cellphone, according to the Post. The student was in the middle of asking Perdue a question apparently regarding his support for the gubernatorial candidate when Perdue interrupted him.
“Hey, so, uh, how can you endorse a candidate — " the student can be heard saying, before the video begins to shake and Perdue says, “I’m not doing that.”
“You stole my property,” the student tells Perdue. “You stole my property.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/411359-gop-georgia-senator-seen-grabbing-students-phone-after-question-over-voter-id
Perdue sounds like a guy in need of a good ass kicking.
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