{"id":1125214,"date":"2021-12-16T12:58:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T17:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1125214"},"modified":"2021-12-16T12:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T17:58:39","slug":"this-is-what-career-politicians-do-perdue-ignored-warning-from-gop-not-to-challenge-kemp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-what-career-politicians-do-perdue-ignored-warning-from-gop-not-to-challenge-kemp\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This Is What Career Politicians Do\u2019: Perdue Ignored Warning From GOP Not To Challenge Kemp"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-is-what-career-politicians-do-perdue-ignored-warning-from-gop-not-to-challenge-kemp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1125214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A majority of Georgia\u2019s Republican state senators sent former Sen. David Perdue a letter to request that he not enter the 2022 gubernatorial race before he launched his campaign, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur GOP and state must be unified behind our governor with a positive message to keep Georgia conservative and moving forward,\u201d 25 of the state Senate\u2019s 34 Republicans told Perdue in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21154770-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/atlanta\/2021\/12\/16\/david-perdue-rejected-republican-appeals-skip-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">obtained<\/a> by Axios. They said that he \u201cmade us proud\u201d during his tenure in Congress but said victory in November was more important.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the letter, Perdue <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/brian-kemp-david-perdue-georgia-raphael-warnock-herschel-walker-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> he would challenge incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp on Dec. 6. Former President Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/04\/trump-georgia-loeffler-perdue-kemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized<\/a>&nbsp;Kemp for not helping to overturn President Joe Biden\u2019s victory in the state in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-one state senators had already endorsed Kemp in September, Axios reported. Perdue acknowledged he received the request when asked, but he said it did not factor into his decision to run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was kind of funny that they thought it might,\u201d he told Axios. \u201cThis is what career politicians do.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/trump-endorses-david-perdue-in-bid-oust-brian-kemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Endorses Former Sen. David Perdue In Bid To Oust Brian Kemp)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7338626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7338626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a news conference about the state\u2019s new Election Integrity Law that passed this week at AJ\u2019s Famous Seafood and Poboys on April 10, 2021 in Marietta, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey think that endorsements among each other can elbow an outsider out of a race,\u201d Perdue said. \u201cPeople who vote don\u2019t care about that. You know who cares about that? Career politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. John Albers, who signed the letter, called that characterization \u201cconcerning and wholly inaccurate\u201d because \u201cmost have been in office less than Perdue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff beat Perdue in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/06\/jon-ossoff-wins-georgia-republican-senate-runoff-david-perdue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">runoff<\/a> for his Senate seat in January. His victory, alongside Sen. Raphael Warnock\u2019s triumph over former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, gave Democrats a narrow 50-50 majority in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Perdue said his decision to run \u201cisn\u2019t personal\u201d but does not believe Kemp can win without Trump\u2019s support. Trump endorsed Perdue, who said he would not have certified Georgia\u2019s election results had he been governor, despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/31\/signature-audit-georgias-cobb-county-no-evidence-voter-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lack of evidence<\/a> of widespread voter fraud, after the announcement, The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/584949-georgia-governor-candidate-perdue-says-he-wouldnt-have-certified-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost to Kemp in the 2018 election, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/01\/stacey-abrams-brian-kemp-donald-trump-georgia-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launched<\/a> another campaign for governor a few days before Perdue made his announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of Georgia\u2019s Republican state senators sent former Sen. 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