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Republicans, Motivated by Spite, Wage War Against Each Other in Georgia Governor's Race
George Chidi
January 20,
2022
Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is suing his top rival in the Republican primary for Georgias governors race, and incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp hit right back.
Perdue, who announced his run last year with former President Donald Trumps endorsement, accused Kemp of having stacked the fundraising deck by changing the campaign laws last year; yesterday Kemp filed an ethics complaint against Perdue for illegal campaign coordination with a third-party PAC.
Kemps ethics complaint argues that the WinRed website of the Georgia Values Fund, an independent committee, violates state campaign financing laws by showing how to donate directly to Perdues campaign fund. The site also allegedly solicits cellphone numbers for Perdues campaign to send political push notifications. Both actions violate laws requiring independent committees to refrain from coordinated campaigning, Kemps complaint argues.
The Perdue campaigns lawsuit, filed earlier this month, suggests that the changes to campaign finance laws last year are unconstitutional and corrupt. The new law allows Kemp to sidestep a Georgia rule barring elected officials from raising money while the legislature is in session. Using his power as the incumbent Governor, Kemp changed Georgia law in an attempt to rig this race in his favor, Perdues campaign said in a statement. He gave himself a massive fundraising advantage and is able to fully coordinate with his so-called leadership committee that he chairs, while challengers like Perdue play by different rules.
https://theintercept.com/2022/01/20/georgia-republicans-governor-david-perdue-brian-kemp/
( I do believe Abrams will prevail over the two frauds. )
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Republicans, Motivated by Spite, Wage War Against Each Other in Georgia Governor's Race (Original Post)
BeckyDem
Jan 2022
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Moebym This message was self-deleted by its author.
Moebym
(989 posts)2. She will, with our help.
It's not going to be a cakewalk.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)3. No, it will not be easy. I agree but she is a great planner/strategic and
will prevail, I believe.