Perdue defends Trump over call pressuring Georgia secretary of state

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) on Monday defended President Trump’s call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) during which the president pressured the state official to find votes to overturn his election loss.

“I didn’t hear anything in that tape that the president hasn’t already said for weeks now since the November election calling for some sort of investigation, some sort of resolution to the improprieties and the irregularities that we now see happened in November here in Georgia,” Perdue, one of two Republican senators facing runoff elections on Tuesday, said on Fox News when asked about the call.

When pressed about other Republican pushback to the call, a recording of which was published by The Washington Post on Sunday, Perdue suggested the president was rightly raising concerns about the state’s election.

“What he is saying, a lot of people in Georgia and 75 million Americans, I think, align with him right now that something untoward happened here in Georgia and we have not gotten to the bottom of it,” Perdue said.

He also called the leak of the call “disgusting.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/532504-perdue-defends-trump-over-call-pressuring-georgia-secretary-of-state

[C_U_L8R]

1. Oh that law and order thing?? Just forget all about that.

[LisaL]

2. So phone call was just fine, but leak of it is disgusting?

Go figure.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Right, why is leaking a "perfect" call disgusting.

These people do not make any sense.

[LisaL]

4. They talk out of both sides of their mouth.

But what else is new?

[SpankMe]

22. Outrageous.

I hope the Democratic campaigns can make a quickie ad out of this before tomorrow's run-off election. Every bit helps.

[exboyfil]

5. Of course nothing wrong for a guy

who spends more time trading on his insider information from the Senate than actually working for his voters.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Perdue trying to keep the lid on the pot for another 36 hours

If voters buy his line they really are none too bright.

[deurbano]

7. Pathetic and revolting. ALL these Republicans care is about power.

Total sycophants to the end.

[oldsoftie]

26. He probably wouldve preferred not to answer the phone for 36 hrs!

He could blame quarantine!

[BusyBeingBest]

8. Yeah, the LEAK is the problem, not Fatass Donnie Mobster calling to demand that the SOS

manufacture or conjure enough votes to make him win.

[iluvtennis]

9. Oh it'll be sweet when Ossoff beats this cretin! nt

[lagomorph777]

10. Perdue's on the road to perdition. This move will drive Dem turnout tomorrow.

What a moron.

[BlueWavePsych]

11. 'Disgusting': Perdue hammers Georgia secretary of state for recording Trump call

Sen. David Perdue tore into Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Monday for recording a phone call with President Donald Trump over the weekend, calling it “disgusting” to do so.

“I guess I was raised differently,” Perdue, a Republican, said on Fox News. “To have a statewide elected official, regardless of party, tape without disclosing a conversation — private conversation — with the president of the United States, and then leaking it to the press is disgusting.”

Perdue also downplayed the significance of the hourlong call, in which Trump implored the secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia, setting off alarm bells with legal experts and lawmakers.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/04/perdue-hammers-ga-sec-state-recording-trump-call-454496

[lonely bird]

15. Yeah, he was raised differently alright

He was raised to kiss the ass of an idiot just so said idiot and himself could continue to suck on the teat of the government. He was raised to lie, cheat and steal.

Fuck every single Republican. Even those not backing Trump.

[moriah]

23. Guess Perdue needs to read up on his own state's laws.

One-party consent state for recording.

Also, it can't be considered a "private" conversation if it was a conference call with Mark Meadows (who is not Trump's attorney), but by them calling the State of Georgia, it meant that Georgia (and Federal) one-party consent rules apply.

[oldsoftie]

27. He has to ass kiss the trumpers to get them off the sofa

[Dem forever]

12. Purdue is a asshole

I live in ga and voted him out last month. Fingers crossed for the run off this Tuesday. We made so many calls over the past month.

[William Seger]

13. "disgusting"

One of the few words left in Trump's dwindling vocabulary -- he uses it to describe everything he doesn't like. I'm surprised Perdue didn't say "strongly disgusting."

[Denvermosaic]

14. Perdue, your master is right. You're a smuck

[mdbl]

16. crooked is as crooked does

that's perdue.

[Marthe48]

17. why perdue isn't fit for human consumption

or a seat in the Senate

[SWBTATTReg]

18. Perdue needs to get some new hearing aids or put in some new batteries. Moron...

[KPN]

19. If there is a hell, this asshole will surely eventually reside there along too many others from the

R-side to mention.

[relayerbob]

20. Was going to write him a nasty-gram but look what's posted there. What a coward

"WELCOME
U.S. Senator David Perdue’s office is temporarily closed and we cannot conduct any official business or process your request until the Senate runoff election results in Georgia are certified.

At this time, please call Senator Kelly Loeffler’s office at 770-661-0999 or contact your Congressional Representative for federal assistance.

For more information, visit www.loeffler.senate.gov or find your Congressional Representative here. "

[cp]

21. Reason #12,287,498,533 NOT to vote for him

[marble falls]

24. Well of course he does. It mighta worked.

[badboy67]

25. Doublespeak.

[COL Mustard]

28. So David, If You Have Proof Of Widespread Voter Fraud.....

Take your proof to the Lt. Governor of Texas, who has offered $1 million for that proof. Oh, and I should mention, he still has his money, because IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!! Yes, there have been some isolated incidents of voter fraud, I believe three in Pennsylvania and two in Georgia, and you know what? They were all fraudulent votes for Trump! Your guy cheats and still loses!