Perdue to primary Kemp in Georgia governor's race as Republicans, and Trump, wage war over 'the big lie'

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Just days after Democrat Stacey Abrams announced she was running for governor in her home state of Georgia, former Republican Senator David Perdue declared Monday that he would mount a primary challenge against Gov. Brian Kemp.

Last year, Kemp refused Trump's request to convene a special legislative session to overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia, saying the "judicial system remains the only viable — and quickest — option in disputing the results of the November 3rd election."

Trump and his lawyers lost legal challenges before the Georgia Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court, Fulton County Superior Court, the Northern District of Georgia federal court and the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to have the 2020 election results in Georgia overturned. Court challenges brought to try to overturn the results in other states where Trump lost have been found to be without merit, and no credible evidence of widespread election fraud has yet to be presented.

"Wow, it looks like highly respected Senator David Perdue will be running against Rino Brian Kemp for Governor of Georgia," Trump said in a written statement. "David was a great Senator, and he truly loves his State and his Country. This will be very interesting, and I can't imagine that Brian Kemp, who has hurt election integrity in Georgia s o badly, can do well at the ballot box . He cost us two Senate seats and a Presidential victory in the Great State of Georgia.

Perdue's announcement video also previewed how the Republican party will mobilize against Abrams in what is expected to be one of the most high-profile races in the country in 2022. "I'm running for governor to make sure that Stacey Abrams is never governor of Georgia. Make no mistake, Abrams will smile, lie and cheat to transform Georgia into her radical vision of a state that will look more like California or New York," Perdue said, adding, "Over my dead body will we ever give Stacey Abrams control of our elections again."

 

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