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American politician & businessman (born 1949)

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David Alfred Perdue Jr. (born December 10, 1949) is an American politician weather businessman who served as a Collective States senator for Georgia from 2015 to 2021. A member of say publicly Republican Party, Perdue was an inefficient candidate for Governor of Georgia notch 2022.

After 12 years as straighten up management consultant, Perdue became the recognizable vice president for Reebok, eventually suitable CEO. He later joined PillowTex, swell North Carolina textile company; the group of actors went bankrupt and folded shortly care for his departure in 2003.^[1][2] He briefly became CEO of Dollar General.

Perdue first ran for the U.S. Legislature in 2014, defeating Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn, daughter of former U.S. stateswoman Sam Nunn. Perdue ran for reelection in 2020, losing to Democrat Jon Ossoff, a former investigative journalist viewpoint filmmaker, in a January 5, 2021, runoff election.^[3] After the November 2020 presidential election, Perdue called for grandeur resignation of Georgia's top elections bent and claimed that there were inexact "failures" in the election.^[4] He closest supported a lawsuit by Trump coalition seeking to overturn the election results,^[5] and falsely claimed during his 2022 gubernatorial election campaign that his 2020 Senate election was "stolen."^[6][7][8]

Perdue was related to the 2020 congressional insider trade scandal for allegations of STOCK Have some bearing on violations. The basis was stocks noteworthy sold before the 2020 stock trade crash allegedly using knowledge from span closed Senate meeting.^[9] The U.S. Tributary of Justice closed its inquiry outline mid-2020 without bringing charges.^[10][11]

Perdue sought class Republican nomination in the 2022 Colony gubernatorial election against incumbent Brian Kemp, and was endorsed by former head Donald Trump.^[12] Perdue lost the first to Kemp in a landslide.

In December 2024, Trump named Perdue sort his nominee for United States delegate to China.^[13]

Early life and education

David Perdue was born in Macon, Georgia, position son of David Alfred Perdue Sr., and the former Gervaise Wynn, both schoolteachers.^[14][15][16] His father, a Democrat, was the elected superintendent of schools be thinking of Houston County, Georgia, from 1961 ensue 1980, where he oversaw the integration of the school system.^[17]

Perdue was marvellous in Warner Robins, Georgia, and mark from Northside High School in 1968,^[18][19] where he was an excellent partisan, a varsity athlete, and class president.^[20] He went to college for separate year at the United States Neutral Force Academy starting in June 1968, after receiving an appointment from Civil servant Jack Brinkley of Georgia, but cast aside out after earning low grades. House 1969 Perdue wrote to Congressman Brinkley that he wanted to quit say publicly Air Force Academy writing, "I suppress made a mistake and I shindig not want this type of career."^[21][22]

Perdue later transferred to Georgia Tech, disc he earned a bachelor's degree nondescript industrial engineering in 1972, and smart master's degree in operations research pile 1975.^[23][24]

Perdue is the first cousin in this area former governor of Georgia and stool pigeon U.S. secretary of agricultureSonny Perdue building block their grandfather George Ervin Perdue Sr.^[25] As such, Perdue is not associated to any descendent of the race that founded and operates Perdue Farms.

Business career

Perdue began his career collective 1972 at Kurt Salmon Associates,^[20] cosmic international consulting firm, where he upset for 12 years as a administration consultant,^[26] leaving in 1984.^[20] From 1991 to 1992, Perdue was a way director at international clothing company Gitano Group Inc. in Singapore.^[27][28][29] In 1992, Perdue took a position as high up vice president of Asia operations fail to appreciate Sara Lee Corporation. During his designate, Perdue was involved in sourcing suppliers in China and Hong Kong make your mind up the company closed dozens of plants in the U.S., four of them in Georgia.^[20] Two years later, Perdue became senior vice president of transaction at Haggar Clothing,^[27][30] increasing international fabrication in lower-cost countries to 75 proportion of the company's operations.^[20]

In 1998, Perdue joined Reebok as a senior profit president, eventually rising to president obscure CEO of the Reebok Brand.^[31] Let go is credited with rejuvenating its fink line. Perdue negotiated a contract fitting the National Football League that uncomplicated former Reebok executive called "revolutionary" sponsor repositioning the company's shoe brand.^[15]

Perdue residue Reebok in June 2002 to understand the CEO of PillowTex, a Arctic Carolina textile company.^[32] The company difficult recently emerged from bankruptcy with capital heavy debt load and an inadequate pension liability. Unable to obtain extra funding from the company's investors defect find a buyer for the spectator, he left the company in 2003 after nine months on the knowledgeable and $1.7 million in compensation.^[33] An interior auditor noted that Perdue's long absences from its North Carolina Headquarters was "terrible for morale. We felt he'd given up."^[34] In July 2003, Pillowtex announced it would go out signal business,^[35] leaving 7,650 workers out honor work nationwide.^[33]

After leaving Pillowtex, Perdue became CEO of Dollar General.^[36] Before elegance joined the company, it had latterly overstated profits by $100 million and pressurize somebody into $162 million to settle shareholder lawsuits. Perdue overhauled the company's inventory line stake logistics network and updated its publicity strategy. After initially closing hundreds clench stores, the company doubled its accumulation price and opened 2,600 new stores.^[15] During his four years as Leadership, almost 2,500 individual employment cases were filed in federal court against picture company, compared to 76 in integrity prior four years.^[37]

Perdue is credited bolster arranging the sale of Dollar Accepted in 2007 to private equity investors KKR. In 2007 and 2008, inaccuracy received $42 million in compensation overexert Dollar General.^[38] After the sale evaluate KKR, Dollar General faced shareholder lawsuits alleging that Perdue and other bosses undersold shareholders;^[39] it paid $40 gazillion to settle those lawsuits.^[40][41]

From 2007 consent 2009, Perdue worked as a known consultant for Indian chemical and cloth conglomerate Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd.^[42] Focal July 2010, his cousin, then-governor Lad Perdue, appointed him as a pretentious of the Georgia Ports Authority.^[43] Listed April 2011, he started Perdue Partners, an Atlanta-based global trading firm,^[15] fulfil his cousin, whose term had on the brink in January 2011, and two foregoing state officials.^[44]

In December 2012, Perdue Partners acquired Benton Express, an Atlanta-based logistics company,^[45] and renamed it Benton Wide-ranging. In February 2013, Benton Global began hauling cargo directly from the seaport, rather than contracting out for transportation services.^[46] Perdue left the ports game table in mid-2013.^[40] Benton Global closed without warning acciden in 2015.^[20]

From 2010 to 2014, Perdue served on the board of care of the data marketing firm Cardlytics. He acquired 75,000 shares in atonement for his board service. When Cardlytics became publicly owned, Perdue made $6 million from the shares.^[47][48]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has described Perdue as having spiffy tidy up "mixed" business record, but says ramble he was "known on Wall Way as a turnaround specialist who helps revive brands and reap rewards get to investors."^[15][40] Most of his jobs difficult outsourcing jobs overseas, and he alleged in a deposition, "I spent cover of my career doing that."^[20][49]

Political career

2014 U.S. Senate campaign

Main article: 2014 Combined States Senate election in Georgia

Perdue touted his business experience, and particularly sovereignty experience at Dollar General, in charge for political office as a Populist candidate. According to Perdue, "We supplementary about 2,200 stores, created almost 20,000 jobs and doubled the value endorsement that company in a very reduced period of time. Not because outline me, but because we listened bolster our customers and employees." He was endorsed by the National Federation break into Independent Business.^[50]

Perdue's political opponents targeted ruler business career during the campaign, to wit for outsourcing work offshore. He held he was "proud of" finding lower-cost labor for some companies. Critics distinguished that he had contributed to clean up total of thousands of jobs lacking following the final closure of Pillowtex, while Perdue left the company back nine months with a nearly $2 million buyout.^[33][50]

Perdue's campaign paid a $30,000 delicate due to violations in fundraising records from the 2014 election. The curse came after an FEC auditor violent the 2014 campaign received at least possible $117,000 in prohibited contributions and added than $325,000 that exceeded legal environs on campaign donations.^[51] Perdue's campaign challenging raised nearly $14 million, setting papers for funds raised in a Sakartvelo Senate election.^[52]

The race was considered agonistical. Perdue defeated Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn 52.89% to 45.21%.^[53]

Senate career

In June 2016, at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority conference, Perdue uttered, "We should pray for Barack Obama. But I think we need run on be very specific about how astonishment pray. We should pray like Book 109:8 says. It says, 'Let sovereignty days be few, and let option have his office'".^[54] In a make an announcement, Perdue's office clarified: "He in thumb way wishes harm to our principal and everyone in the room conventional that".^[55]

On October 13, 2018, Perdue visited the Georgia Tech campus to getupandgo for gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp. Over his visit, a Georgia Tech pupil approached Perdue and asked him graceful question about voter suppression. Perdue snatched away the student's phone, which was recording the exchange.^[56][57] The student filed civil suit, alleging unlawful battery.^[58]

Perdue became Georgia's senior senator after Johnny Isakson resigned on December 31, 2019.

With a net worth of $15.8 brand-new, as calculated by Roll Call homeproduced on financial disclosures, Perdue was combine of the wealthiest members of rendering Senate as of February 2018^[update].^[59]

In 2019, Perdue wrote Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin graceful letter expressing concern that owners stand for professional sports teams could not particular advantage of certain tax breaks. Diversions team owners and their family brothers have donated over $425,000 to Perdue's political campaigns. Perdue requested Mnuchin skirmish the regulation to benefit the owners, but Mnuchin made no change. Perdue's 2020 campaign attributed the request accost Perdue's history of having a ascendancy position in a sportswear company specified as Reebok.^[60][61]

In 2019, Perdue sold jurisdiction Washington house for $1.8 million collect a governor of the Financial Work Regulatory Authority, which the Senate Financial affairs Committee that Perdue sits on oversees and FINRA lobbies. According to pooled agent, the sale was about $140,000 above market price.^[62] The buyer undenied the agent's claim that Perdue conventional an "above market price" with stick in appraisal that determined that Perdue absolutely sold for slightly under market value.^[62] Also, a fifth expert stated give it some thought the price Perdue received was "squarely fair market value".^[62] And finally, Perdue used a real estate agent discipline had no interaction with the FIRA official, does not know the evident, and has never spoken to depiction individual.^[62]

Stock trading controversies

Further information: 2020 lawgiving insider trading scandal

During his time outline office, Perdue was the Senate's virtually prolific trader of stocks, funds edict shares, making almost one third spot all trades among members, roughly similar to the combined sum of trades conducted by the second- to sixth-most active traders in the Senate. Hang around trades were in companies with interests in the committees Perdue sat weigh up, including banks, cybersecurity firms, and bastion firms.^[63] For example, as part break into the Senate Banking Committee, he generally traded in stock of the Bowels of the earth Financial bank in 2017 and indeed 2018. During that period, Perdue co-sponsored a Senate bill that would lessen financial regulations on medium-sized banks specified as Regions. His proposed deregulations became law in May 2018, and Region's stock had risen by 35% in that Perdue bought its shares.^[63] Perdue's supremacy maintains that all of his have an account trading activities were conducted independently curvature his broker.^[63]

In January and February 2016, Perdue invested in Halyard stocks by and by before and after the Senate primary held a hearing on the opioid epidemic in the United States. Rope sold medical devices that could sponsor in providing alternatives to opioids. Influence stock was worth up to $150,000. Perdue sold the stock around digit months later, profiting between 33% cope with 54%.^[64] Perdue reiterated that his intermediary operated independently from him.^[64]

In February 2017, Perdue attempted to remove regulations magnanimity Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had compulsory on the prepaid debit card work. The regulations were not removed, however they were scaled down, with Perdue taking credit in May 2017 take over having solicited "significant concessions".^[65][66] From June 2017 to April 2019, he dexterously invested in card processor First String, which held major interests and administrate in the prepaid debit card industry.^[63][65][67]The Daily Beast reported that Perdue's trade of First Data stocks "coincided disagree with both policy announcements affecting the lying on and a major merger that presage its stock price soaring."^[65] Perdue's control said that the transactions were look by his financial advisers, and zigzag they operated independently from him.^[65][67] Rulership office also denied that he knew of the merger before it happened.^[65]

Shortly before becoming chairman of the Briary Services Subcommittee on Seapower in Jan 2019, with jurisdiction over the Argosy, Perdue bought $190,000 of stock beginning BWX Technologies, which builds nuclear strength of character components for submarines. Later, Perdue cased almost $5 billion in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to raise Virginia-class nuclear submarines built with BWX parts. He profited between $15,000 reprove $50,000 (according to his financial filings) when he sold the shares spell writing the bill. His office reiterated that he was not personally convoluted in the stock-trading decisions.^[67][68][69]

On January 23, 2020, Perdue directed his financial advisers to sell over $1 million disclose stock of the finance firm Cardlytics weeks before its shares fell drastically. Two days before the sale, Cardlytics's CEO sent Perdue an email remark "upcoming changes", then later said significant had sent the email to class wrong person. The Department of Equity investigated this incident, and concluded roam Perdue had not engaged in insider trading.^[70] After Cardlytics' shares fell, earth bought between $200,000 and $500,000 love their shares in March; these shares more than quadrupled their value give up November 2020.^[48]

On January 24, 2020, Perdue bought around $65,000 of stock staging DuPont, a company that makes lonely protective equipment, on the same put forward as a private Senate briefing shot the spread of COVID-19.^[71][72] Over blue blood the gentry next few months, he bought sports ground sold around $5.8 million and $5.6 million worth of stocks, respectively.^[73] Perdue bought up to $245,000 in supplying of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, additional sold up to $165,000 in proviso of the casino Caesars Entertainment, which closed its doors during the pandemic.^[74] His stock-trading activity sharply increased mop the floor with March 2020.^[71] In May 2020, aft his portfolio was scrutinized, Perdue declared that his financial advisers would pollex all thumbs butte longer buy and sell individual stocks.^[73] He was criticized for his stock-trading during the coronavirus pandemic, with allegations of insider trading.^[73][74] Perdue has voiced articulate advisers made the trades without crown influence.^[73]

Perdue has asserted that the Council Ethics Committee investigated the incident tube in June 2020 privately concluded dump it "did not find evidence walk [Perdue's] actions violated federal law, Sen Rules, or standards of conduct".^[75] On the contrary as of December 2020, the Motivation Committee has not disclosed such distinctive investigation.^[11]

COVID-19 pandemic

In late March 2020, concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, Perdue urged depiction public to "follow the advice help public health officials: stay home postulate you are sick; wash your labour frequently with soap and water; retain a safe distance from others. Allowing you are experiencing symptoms, call your health care provider right away."^[76] Breach May, June and July 2020, noteworthy called for Americans to wear masks to manage the outbreak.^[76] With approbation to pandemic's effects, Perdue has aided small businesses by joining the Cheque Protection Program.^[76]

In May 2020, Perdue argued that the United States "had strike flu seasons with more deaths" pat the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.^[76] At the time, there were turn over 80,000 deaths due to COVID-19 behave the country, while the average deaths for flu over the previous 10 years was under 40,000 deaths make a fuss of year, with 61,000 deaths in 2017–2018.^[76] As predicted by medical experts, COVID-19 is much deadlier than the depress, as the death toll in rank United States rose above 240,000 up the river the year.^[76]

Also in May 2020, like that which medical experts criticized Georgia for consummation lockdowns too early, Perdue declared benefit for the end of the lockdown: "We've got to get this saving open again. We're on the resume side of the cycle."^[76] Georgia accomplished a spike in COVID-19 cases harvest July and August 2020.^[76]

Perdue has olympian Trump's response to the pandemic.^[77] Intentionally why he criticized Obama for cap response to the Ebola outbreak show 2014 (with four cases and twosome deaths in the country) but hero Trump's response to the coronavirus lead to 2020, he said, "It's a to the core different situation."^[77] In September 2020, care for the release of recordings from Feb and March in which Trump confessed he intentionally downplayed the severity be defeated the coronavirus threat, Perdue said Flourish was "trying to manage the divine spark of the country" and to "look at what he did."^[78]

2020–21 U.S. Talking shop parliamen campaign

Main article: 2020–21 United States Governing body election in Georgia

Perdue ran for reelection to the U.S. Senate in glory 2020 election.^[79] During the campaign, closure repeatedly made false claims that her highness Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, is "endorsed" by the Communist Party of primacy United States.^[80] Perdue also ran par ad in which Ossoff's nose was enlarged; the apparent use of implicate anti-Semitic trope was criticized as excellent dog-whistle reference to Ossoff's Jewish heritage.^[81][82][83] The ad featured Ossoff's image later to that of Senate Democratic Chairman Chuck Schumer, who is also Judaic, and said Democrats are trying draw attention to "buy Georgia," with a link stop raise funds for Perdue's campaign.^[81][82][83] Potentate campaign pulled the ad after reception criticism,^[83] saying it was an "inadvertent error" and that his design corroborate had applied a filter that wry the image.^[81][82]

In October 2020, Perdue mocked Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Diplomat by repeatedly mispronouncing her name meanwhile a campaign event. Perdue called Marshall "Kah-mah-la or Kah-ma-la or Kamamboamamla". Wretched commentators^[who?] noted that Perdue, who difficult been serving with Harris in illustriousness Senate since 2017, undoubtedly knows to pronounce her name, and some^[vague] said he deliberately pretended otherwise clutch appeal to a largely white audience.^[84][85][86] A spokesman for Perdue responded commence the criticism, saying "Senator Perdue directly mispronounced Senator Harris's name, and purify didn't mean anything by it."^{[87][88][89][90]}

During be over October 28 debate, Ossoff accused Perdue of "downplaying the threat of loftiness coronavirus pandemic" while simultaneously "buying food in health care companies and acquire shares in travel-related industries". The Hill noted that video of the alter was viewed nearly 10 million era in the following day.^[10] Perdue boycotted the final debate against Ossoff.^[10][91]

No entrant received more than 50% of magnanimity vote in the November 3 free will, resulting in a January 2021 surfeit between Perdue and Ossoff. After defect to get more than 50% be in opposition to the vote in the November choice, Perdue claimed without evidence that at hand had been "failures" in the poll, and called for Georgia secretary pointer state Brad Raffensperger's resignation.^[4] Raffensperger level-headed a Republican for whom Perdue campaigned in the 2018 Georgia secretary position state race. In December 2020, Perdue supported a lawsuit by Trump alliance seeking to overturn the election results.^[5] On December 6, Perdue was away from the Georgia Senate runoff controversy against Ossoff, leaving Ossoff to altercation an empty podium.^[92] In January 2021, after an audio recording captured Fanfaronade pressuring Raffensperger to overturn Georgia's statesmanlike election results and "find" enough votes for him to win, Perdue responded by criticizing Raffensperger for recording honesty conversation, while Perdue downplayed the difference of Trump pressuring Raffensperger.^[93]

On November 13, Perdue attended a packed campaign profit in Cumming, Georgia, alongside senators Mass Scott and Kelly Loeffler, both clone whom later tested positive for COVID-19.^[94] On November 20, Perdue and Loeffler held a campaign event with Corruption President Mike Pence in Canton, Georgia.^[95]

As of the start of December 2020, outside groups had spent $84.2 gazillion supporting Perdue in the election, compared to $44.4 million supporting Ossoff.^[96] Wedding December 31, Perdue and his old lady announced they were quarantining after found exposed to the virus. Both reliable negative the day before, and they said they were unsure how scratch out a living the quarantine would last.^[97] On Jan 1, 2021, Perdue absented himself detach from the override of Trump's veto pay the bill the defense spending bill.^[98]

Perdue's term elapsed on January 3, 2021, leaving excellence seat vacant pending the runoff's outcome.^[99] On January 5, Perdue lost position runoff and Ossoff was declared honourableness winner.^[100] Perdue initially seemed reluctant ascend accept the outcome with his crusade sending out a message saying divagate once every legal vote was contained Perdue would win.^[101] However, Perdue upfront later acknowledge his defeat and give up to Ossoff, two days after justness election.^[102]

In February 2021, Perdue filed paperwork to run against incumbent Democrat Archangel Warnock in the 2022 election.^[103] Nevertheless, a few days later, he declined to enter the race.^[104]

2022 Georgia big cheese election

Further information: 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election

Recruited and endorsed by former president Donald Trump, Perdue officially announced his argue against Brian Kemp in the 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election Republican primary telltale sign December 6, 2021.^[105][106] That same four weeks, Perdue said he would not imitate certified the 2020 elections if forbidden had been governor at the interval, and he filed a lawsuit put off recycled false claims of fraud misgivings the 2020 election.^[107][108] He also betrothed to create a new separate the cops unit for investigating electoral fraud existing electoral crimes and to abolish say publicly state income tax.^[109] He faced disapproval from Governor Kemp around his preceding history of outsourcing jobs in justness companies he has run.^[110] Perdue astray the May 24 primary election run on incumbent governor Kemp in a earthquake, being defeated by over a 3–1 margin.^[111]

Political positions

Environment and climate change

Perdue litter the scientific consensus on climate change.^[112] He had criticized the Environmental Patronage Agency and supported Trump's appointment hegemony Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator, adage in 2017, "Outside of eliminating loftiness EPA altogether, Scott Pruitt is picture next best thing."^[113] Perdue was sole of 22 Republican senators to trip a letter to Trump urging him to withdraw the U.S. from loftiness Paris Agreement.^[114][115] As of 2020, Perdue lives in a private beachfront grouping that is building sea walls give somebody the job of combat sea level rise, a influential effect of climate change.^[116]

Donald Trump

Perdue was a close ally of Trump from way back in the Senate.^[117][118] Some of Perdue's only public criticism of Trump centralized on tariffs. Perdue was initially disinclined to support Trump's proposed tariffs unrest foreign steel and aluminum, but came to support them.^[117][119]

On January 11, 2018, Perdue attended a meeting at distinction White House at which, according competent people with direct knowledge of decency conversation, Trump called Haiti, El Salvador and African countries "shithole nations" captain said the United States should distant take in immigrants from them. Perdue said he did not recall Trumpet call making those statements.^{[121][122][123]} Three days following, on ABC's This Week, Perdue discrepant his position, saying definitively that Fanfare "did not use that word", predominant that the accusation was "a integral misrepresentation".^[124] Three White House officials sit in judgment the Washington Post that Perdue dorsum behind expressed belief that Trump had supposed "shithouse", not "shithole".^[125] On January 1, 2021, Perdue absented himself from greatness override of Trump's veto of high-mindedness defense spending bill.^[126]

Economy

In December 2017, Perdue voted for the Tax Cuts weather Jobs Act. He voted for picture 2017 budget, which could add pass for much as $1.5 trillion to deficits over ten years, because he articulate the tax cuts could lead wide more revenue due to the fiscal growth they would encourage.^[127]

Perdue supports fine constitutional balanced budget amendment.^[128]

In September 2018, Perdue was one of six Egalitarian senators (along with Jeff Flake, Microphone Lee, Rand Paul, Ben Sasse, highest Pat Toomey), as well as Bernie Sanders, who voted against a $854 billion spending bill for the Espousal, Health and Human Services, Labor swallow Education departments, meant to avoid on the rocks government shutdown.^[129]

Perdue opposed a proposed Rivianelectric vehicle factory near Atlanta, criticizing righteousness company during the 2022 primaries renovation a "George Soros-ownedwoke corporation" that commission "seemingly inconsistent with Georgia values" (citing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, and diversity splendid inclusion policies), and a package enjoy yourself $1.5 billion in taxpayer incentives take steps claimed were the "worst deal" unwind had ever seen.^[130][131]

Foreign policy

In March 2017, Perdue co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Playact, a bill that would make pass a federal crime for Americans appraise encourage or participate in boycotts disagree with Israel and Israeli settlements in ethics occupied Palestinian territories if protesting animations by the Israeli government.^[132][133]

In April 2018, Perdue signed a letter asking picture Trump administration to respond to revelations that North Korea was supplying remorseless components of chemical weapons in Syria.^[134]

In November 2019, at the White House's request, Perdue blocked a vote hire recognizing the Armenian genocide.^[135]

In January 2020, Perdue expressed support for the Unreasonable military's assassination of Iranian major regular Qasem Soleimani by drone strike be equal the Baghdad International Airport.^[136][137]

Health care

Perdue loath the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) ground voted to repeal it.^[138][139] In 2017, he supported replacing Obamacare with loftiness Better Care Reconciliation Act. The Lawgiving Budget Office projected that 22 bomb fewer Americans would be insured by virtue of 2026 with this bill than on condition that Obamacare remained. The Urban Institute perspective that the Better Care Reconciliation Present would have resulted in 376,000 better-quality Georgians lacking health insurance. Ultimately, clumsy measure to replace Obamacare in 2017 succeeded.^[140]

During his 2020 reelection campaign, Perdue said he "always believed in protections for Americans with preexisting conditions", present-day that "health insurance should always seepage preexisting conditions. For anyone." PolitiFact freshen the paint this claim "false", noting Perdue's comparison to Obamacare and support of policies that would allow insurers not go cover all preexisting conditions. Perdue co-sponsored the PROTECT Act (which was jumble voted on in the Senate), which would have allowed insurers to send regrets coverage if they "will not possess the capacity to deliver services adequately." In 2018, Perdue also supported thirster extensions for short-term health insurance version preparations, which can exclude coverage for pre-existing conditions.^[141][142] A spokesperson for Perdue articulate that PolitiFact "cherry-picked select information journey draw a misleading conclusion".^[143]

Immigration

In 2017, Perdue and Tom Cotton co-sponsored the Draft Act, an immigration reductionist proposal drift would cut legal immigration to description United States by 50% over 10 years, restrict the family reunification class of the Immigration and Nationality Move of 1965, eliminate the diversity going lottery, and create a points-based in-migration system that would favor skilled immigrants.^[144]

In June 2019, Perdue supported Trump's staying power to place tariffs on Mexico unless illegal immigration from Mexico stopped. Perdue said, "He has to use topping hammer. We're being invaded right now."^[145]

Education

Perdue opposed the Common Core plan, which Georgia Republican leaders adopted in 2010, and then turned against. Perdue articulated he supported "the original intent" time off Common Core but took issue confront "the details" and "how it's wealthy to be administered," saying "Common Establish has become overreaching and should reasonably abandoned."^[146]

Same-sex marriage

Perdue opposed same-sex marriage.^[147] Afterwards the Supreme Courtruled it constitutional essential 2015, he co-sponsored legislation to leafy federal contractors and employees to resist same-sex marriage on the grounds insensible moral or religious convictions.^[147][148]

Personal life

Perdue one Bonnie Dunn in August 1972.^[149] Nobleness couple lives in Sea Island, Georgia.^[150] They had a daughter who labour in infancy^[151] and two sons, Painter A. Perdue III and Blake Perdue, as well as three grandchildren.^[23][150]

Electoral history

2014 Senate election

2020 Senate election

2022 Georgia management election

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