David Perdue -- just a good ole boy, never meanin' no harm.......

[marmar]

GOP senator who mocked Kamala Harris once asked Black supporter about Perdue chicken and Herman Cain
Republican Sen. David Perdue is NOT part of the family who owns Perdue Farms


(Salon) Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., drew swift backlash on Friday night after he deliberately mispronounced Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris' first name at a rally, adding several syllables as he drew laughs from the crowd.

The senator's re-election campaign said the Republican senator had "simply mispronounced Senator Harris' name, and he didn't mean anything by it." Harris' press secretary rebuked the remarks as "incredibly racist" as members of the media poured cold water on the campaign's claim.

"Perdue has served with Kamala Harris in the Senate for four years," Washington Post White House Bureau Chief Phil Rucker tweeted. "He knows how to properly pronounce her name."

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Nevertheless, the senator once invoked this likeness during a brief conversation with a Black man at a 2014 campaign event. Upon introduction, the Republican asked whether the young man liked Perdue chicken before referencing Herman Cain, the former Black Republican presidential candidate. The unprompted exchange, which took place at a campaign stop in the northwest Atlanta suburb of Marietta, was caught on video footage first obtained by Salon. ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2020/10/20/senator-who-mocked-kamala-harris-name-once-asked-black-voter-about-perdue-chicken-and-herman-cain/

[Ohiogal]

1. I am sick and tired

of the media saying he mis-pronounced it

He MOCKED it is more accurate

[Maraya1969]

2. What an ignorant ass! It is SO obvious that he is signaling. "You are a

black person so you must like chicken" and "Here is another black person I know"

Fuck you buddy. He needs to go.