{"id":506100,"date":"2020-11-17T19:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T19:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/david-perdue\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:43","slug":"david-perdue","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/david-perdue\/","title":{"rendered":"David Perdue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014After Georgians voted<\/a> in record numbers, including record number of LGBTQ residents, in the 2020 general election, Sen. Perdue baselessly criticized<\/a> the state\u2019s election without examples of any wrongdoing. This was an apparent attempt to flatter outgoing President Trump while casting doubt on the democratic process. President-elect Biden won Georgia with nearly 2.5 million votes, the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the state since 1992.<\/p>\n

\u2014Mispronounced<\/a> then mocked the name of his Senate colleague and candidate for Vice President, Kamala Harris, who Georgians elected as the nation\u2019s first female, first Black and first Indian-American in the White House.<\/p>\n

\u2014Voted<\/a> to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court even as Americans were already voting on the next president and Senate. Barrett\u2019s anti-LGBTQ record includes serving as a trustee at a school<\/a> that discriminated against LGBTQ families and teachers. Barrett had multiple paid speaking events with the anti-LGBTQ group Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Campaign<\/a> ad rated \u201cfalse\u201d when it says he supports healthcare coverage of pre-existing conditions. Sen. Perdue has repeatedly voted against the Affordable Care Act, which provides health care coverage to 450,000 Georgians<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Campaign<\/a> deleted campaign ad featuring an oversize nose on Jewish challenger Jon Ossoff, prompting charges of anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n

\u2014Voted<\/a> to confirm Judge Andrew Brasher to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court in Atlanta. Brasher has called same-sex marriage \u201charmful to children\u201d and has worked with the Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a>. More than 4,100 same-sex couples are raising children in Georgia, according to data from Family Equality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Attended<\/a> classified Senate briefing on the pending coronavirus pandemic, then invested in companies<\/a> that make personal protective equipment. Sen. Perdue has been previously investigated for other stock trades<\/a> timed to information he learned as a U.S. Senator. <\/p>\n

\u2014Votes have earned him a 100% rating by anti-LGBTQ groups Family Research Council Action<\/a> and Family Policy Alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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