- The most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer
and Joe Biden are trying to perpetuate
and Bernie and Elizabeth and Kamala or Kamawa
or kamalalala or kamalalala, I don't know.
a food processing and distribution company
which had expanded dramatically acquiring companies
like Hanes, Coach, and Playtex.
On Perdue's watch, the bloated company began to restructure,
As the company was thriving in Asia, Purdue prospered
Perdue was asked in a 2005 deposition,
Perdue replied,
To his credit, Perdue revitalized the brand,
both sales and revenue grew.
But it's also worth noting that 11-time all star
Allen Iverson signed on to Reebok in 2001,
so it's unclear who the real hero is.
a struggling textile manufacturer.
Under Perdue's leadership,
the company continued to have its problems,
but Perdue didn't.
leaving thousands of workers,
who were only making $11 or $12 an hour jobless.
After overseeing success for him
and failure for his workers,
Perdue then went on to head up Dollar General,
and seemingly a place Perdue has never stepped foot in.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote,
Perdue
Regardless of the failures and successes,
Perdue always came out on top.
In 2014, Perdue ran for Georgia's Senate seat and won.
He said he was going to
It's unclear if Perdue was referring to the hundreds
of working persons fired from Georgia based Sara Lee plants
he shut down years prior.
In the Senate, Perdue has questioned the fact
that there is
When Trump appointed Scott Pruitt to the EPA,
Perdue said,
He also urged Trump to remove the U.S.
from the Paris Climate Accord.
It's clear why, though.
On healthcare, Perdue has repeatedly claimed insurance
should always cover pre-existing conditions.
- Health insurance should always cover
pre-existing conditions for anyone period.
- [Ed] Words are great, and just like his president,
Perdue knows some of the best ones.
However, he doesn't actually believe them.
Jumping to January 2019, Perdue became the chairman
of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower.
But something fishy was afoot.
About a month prior to taking the post,
in BWX Technologies,
a firm that has lucrative contracts with the U.S. Navy,
supplying nuclear components and fuel
for submarines and aircraft carriers.
Jeeze, if I didn't know any better I might think
that Perdue allegedly traded stocks
based on inside information.
And wouldn't you know it,
this might not be the only instance...
In January of 2020, as the Coronavirus
was about to take the U.S. and world by storm,
Perdue and a handful of Senators
received a classified briefing on the spread of the virus
from the Trump administration.
After the meeting,
The same day, he bought stock in a company
that supplies PPE.
Meaning, instead of warning the American public
about the obvious dangers that were to come,
As of the publication of this video,
Perdue has not apologized to his fellow Georgians,
or the rest of the American people,
for this craven financial transaction.
In October of 2020,
as Perdue launched a reelection campaign,
his democratic opponent Jon Ossoff called him out on this.
- Well, perhaps Senator Perdue would've been able to respond
properly to the COVID-19 pandemic
if you hadn't been fending off multiple federal
investigations for insider trading.
It's not just that you're a crook, Senator,
it's that you're attacking the health
of the people that you represent.
- [Ed] Perdue's investment activity during his one term
in the senate has raised some eyebrows to say the least.
The New York Times reported that
The Times found that
In one of the most damning transactions,
a financial company, where he once served on the board.
After receiving a cryptic email about
from the company's CEO,
The Times notes,
If enriching himself by any means necessary
isn't bad enough, Perdue has demonstrated
he will do terrible things to get a vote.
In a disgusting bigoted effort to defeat Ossoff,
Perdue launched an anti-Semitic ad
against his young opponent, who is Jewish American.
- First, you were lengthening my nose in attack ads
to remind everybody that I'm Jewish.
- [Ed] Perdue's campaign called it an accident
and removed the ad.
Fast forward to November 3rd 2020, and neither Ossoff
nor Perdue received more than 50% of the vote,
triggering an automatic runoff in January 2021
between the two.
Georgia also has two other senatorial candidates
heading for a runoff: Republican Kelly Loeffler,
who also sold off a bunch of stock
after closed door briefings about the coronavirus,
and Democrat Raphael Warnock.
These two races will decide which party controls the senate
and gains the power to shape Joe Biden's agenda.
citing, without evidence, failures in the election.
It's unclear if they're referring to their own campaigns
or the democratic process.
Whatever the case may be,
control of the senate hangs on two people who have shown
they're willing to put their own bank accounts
before the American people.
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