{"id":451882,"date":"2022-05-24T09:43:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T06:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/david-perdue-accuses-stacey-abrams-of-demeaning-her-race\/"},"modified":"2022-05-24T09:43:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T06:43:13","slug":"david-perdue-accuses-stacey-abrams-of-demeaning-her-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/david-perdue-accuses-stacey-abrams-of-demeaning-her-race\/","title":{"rendered":"#David Perdue accuses Stacey Abrams of \u2018demeaning&#8217; her race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbde2120fc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbde2120fc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/david-perdue-accuses-stacey-abrams-of-demeaning-her-race\/#%E2%80%9CDavid_Perdue_accuses_Stacey_Abrams_of_%E2%80%98demeaning_her_race%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;David Perdue accuses Stacey Abrams of \u2018demeaning&#8217; her race&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDavid_Perdue_accuses_Stacey_Abrams_of_%E2%80%98demeaning_her_race%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;David Perdue accuses Stacey Abrams of \u2018demeaning&#8217; her race&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>David Perdue, the former Republican senator running for governor in Georgia, accused Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams of \u201cdemeaning her own race\u201d on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Perdue, who trails incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp in the polls, was at a campaign stop in Dunwoody when he mentioned Abrams\u2019 race while attacking the Democratic candidate. <\/p>\n<p>He also said Abrams, who is Black, should \u201cgo back to where she came from,\u201d the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/23\/perdue-makes-racist-remark-about-abrams-shes-demeaning-her-own-race\/\">Washington Post<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you all see what Stacey said this weekend?\u201d Perdue asked his supporters from a stage. \u201cShe said that Georgia is the worst place in the country to live. Hey, she ain\u2019t from here. Let her go back to where she came from. She doesn\u2019t like it here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abrams has called Georgia home for the majority of her life. She moved to Georgia while in high school after being born in Wisconsin and raised in Mississippi. She graduated from Spellman College in Atlanta and served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/brian-kemp-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp\" class=\"wp-image-22385460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/brian-kemp-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/brian-kemp-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/brian-kemp-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Georgia Senator David Perdue is trailing Gov. Brian Kemp in the GOP primary. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perdue was referring to comments Abrams made at a fundraising dinner Saturday. She called Georgia the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams\/status\/1528201616297545729\">\u201cworst state in the country to live\u201d<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am tired of hearing about being the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state in the country to live\u200b,\u201d\u00a0Abrams said. <\/p>\n<p>She gave her state the stunning moniker due to its poor mental health resources, maternal mortality rate, rising incarceration levels and slumping wages. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stacey-abrams-01-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Stacey Abrams\" class=\"wp-image-22385461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stacey-abrams-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stacey-abrams-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/stacey-abrams-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Stacey Abrams called Georgia \u201cthe worst state in the country to live.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLet me contextualize,\u201d she said,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gwinnettdailypost.com\/local\/stacey-abrams-goes-after-republicans-during-gwinnett-democrats-gala-claims-gop-handling-of-health-incarceration\/article_6763c4cc-d986-11ec-9b37-0bd24856152b.html\">according to the Gwinnett Daily Post<\/a>. \u201cWhen you\u2019re No. 48 for mental health, when we\u2019re No. 1 for maternal mortality, when you have an incarceration rate that is on the rise and wages are on the decline, then you are not the No. 1 place to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perdue also referred back to comments Abrams made during her 2018 run. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she told Black farmers, \u2018You don\u2019t need to be on the farm,\u2019 and she told Black workers in hospitality and all this, \u2018You don\u2019t need to be\u2019 \u2014 she is demeaning her own race when it comes to that,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/david-perdue-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"David Perdue\" class=\"wp-image-22385463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/david-perdue-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/david-perdue-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/david-perdue-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Georgia Senator David Perdue also told Stacey Abrams to \u201cgo back to where she came from.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am really over this. She should never be considered for material for governor of any state, much less our state \u2014 where she hates to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abrams had vowed to create lots of different job opportunities for Georgia residents if elected. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople shouldn\u2019t have to go into agriculture or hospitality in Georgia to make a living,\u201d she said in 2018,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/blog\/politics\/the-georgia-trail-tougher-talking-abrams-and-condescending-remarks\/DXB6uIJQzY1Y3zZFhAtaaN\/\">according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/a>. \u201cWhy not create renewable energy jobs?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perdue\u2019s opponent, Kemp, also responded to Abrams\u2019 comments about Georgia being the worst state. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cStacey Abrams may think differently, but I believe Georgia is the best state to live, work, and raise a family,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianKempGA\/status\/1528203451846492160\">the governor tweeted late Saturday<\/a>\u200b.\u200b\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kemp, who defeated Abrams in a hotly contested gubernatorial race in \u200b2018,\u00a0is expected to easily defeat\u00a0Perdue in Tuesday\u2019s primary\u00a0and currently holds a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/governor\/Georgia.html\">consistent polling lead over Abrams<\/a>.\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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