{"id":1434220,"date":"2022-04-12T21:46:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1434220"},"modified":"2022-04-12T21:46:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T01:46:28","slug":"perdue-vows-to-focus-on-crime-in-georgia-bashes-kemp-for-lack-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perdue-vows-to-focus-on-crime-in-georgia-bashes-kemp-for-lack-of-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Perdue Vows to Focus on Crime in Georgia, Bashes Kemp for \u2018Lack of Leadership\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fperdue-vows-to-focus-on-crime-in-georgia-bashes-kemp-for-lack-of-leadership%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=1434220&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 class=\"subheading\">Former Sen. David Perdue held a press conference centered around the issue of crime on Tuesday, the same day Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed pivotal Second Amendment legislation into law.<\/p>\n<p>Perdue\u2019s remarks on crime came hours before Kemp\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/clC-BD8P4o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signing<\/a>\u00a0ceremony of Georgia\u2019s new constitutional carry law, which allows law-abiding Georgians to carry firearms without a permit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Perdue said during his press conference he supported the passage of the legislation but that \u201cit\u2019s too bad it took four years to get it done,\u201d according to a video of the press conference provided to Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<p>The former senator, who is challenging Kemp in a heated gubernatorial primary election, highlighted during his press conference issues he felt contributed to crime, including the tabled Buckhead cityhood legislation, illegal migration, and a state patrol that he said has \u201cbeen led to deteriorate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20636192\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/wi\/ap\/12\/gun-rights-georgia-gov-brian-kemp-hands-pen-rep-mandi-ballinger-he-signed-bill-permit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20636192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gun-rights-georgia-gov-brian-kemp-hands-pen-rep-mandi-ballinger-he-signed-bill-permit-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"648\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Brian Kemp hands a pen to Rep. Mandi Ballinger after he signed a bill which will allow permitless carry in Georgia Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (Bob Andres\/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just astounded that the people in Buckhead were not allowed to have that vote,\u201d Perdue said of tabled legislation that would have allowed a ballot referendum for residents of Buckhead, a wealthy Atlanta neighborhood, to vote on if Buckhead should become its own city with its own police department.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Perdue cited Atlanta crime statistics as he said, \u201cCrime is out of control. People want to take their own safety into their own hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Homicide and rape occurrences have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantapd.org\/home\/showpublisheddocument\/4738\/637849100165300000\">increased<\/a> 43 percent and 39 percent, respectively, in Atlanta over last year, according to Atlanta Police Department\u00a0data\u00a0through April 2. The same data shows aggravated assaults have decreased by one percent, while property crimes have decreased by four percent.<\/p>\n<p>Perdue said another issue exacerbating crime rates is illegal migration. Perdue charged that the illegal migrant population in Georgia has \u201cexploded\u201d during Kemp\u2019s tenure and that it now exceeds that of Arizona. Perdue compared Georgia to Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis has led\u00a0multiple efforts to <a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/10\/ron-desantis-announces-6-proposals-to-crack-down-on-corporations-left-wing-ngos-aiding-illegal-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crack down<\/a> on illegal migration, a crisis that has grown in the U.S. largely because of the Biden administration\u2019s open-borders posture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would help our counties and work with our counties to develop a closer working relationship with ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to make sure the detention process is there and the deportation process is there,\u201d Perdue said.<\/p>\n<p>On the issue of Georgia\u2019s state police, Perdue said, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get our State Patrol back to the elite level that it always was. Somehow it\u2019s been led to deteriorate by a lack of leadership from the governor\u2019s office in the last three years in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Later in the conference, Perdue again reiterated Kemp \u201clet the State Patrol deteriorate. Talk to anybody in uniform right now. It\u2019s a lack of leadership. \u2026 It\u2019s not considered the elite group that it always was. When I was a kid growing up in Georgia that\u2019s what all the county sheriffs deputies and everybody wanted to aspire to. They wanted to become a State Patrol. This needs to be rebuilt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kemp\u2019s campaign was compelled to respond to Perdue\u2019s State Patrol remarks, issuing a statement Tuesday afternoon characterizing them as an \u201cunhinged rant.\u201d\u00a0The campaign also listed out arrests, citations, and other\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/gov.georgia.gov\/press-releases\/2022-03-30\/gov-kemp-public-safety-leaders-provide-update-success-crime-suppression\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statistics<\/a>\u00a0from the state\u2019s Crime Suppression Unit, which was created by the Kemp administration in 2021 as a state-level response to crime waves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe heroic men and women of the Georgia State Patrol set the standard for integrity, excellence, and dedicated service for law enforcement organizations. Period,\u201d Kemp campaign spokesman Cody Hall stated. \u201cFor David Perdue to suggest otherwise in order to score political points during campaign season is dangerous and beneath the office he seeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hall added, \u201cIf Perdue wants to attack law enforcement, he should switch primaries and run to the left of Stacey Abrams,\u201d a reference to the Democrat gubernatorial candidate the winner of the May 24 Republican primary will face in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp himself also responded later Tuesday in a local interview with Fox 5 Atlanta, calling Perdue\u2019s comments \u201coutrageous\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The heroic men and women of the Georgia State Patrol are elite, and we owe them an enormous debt of gratitude for keeping our families, communities, and state safe. <\/p>\n<p>As long as I\u2019m governor, Georgia will always Back the Blue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jYrEoZRKFI\">https:\/\/t.co\/jYrEoZRKFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Kemp (@BrianKempGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianKempGA\/status\/1513999515635830788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Sen. David Perdue held a press conference centered around the issue of crime on Tuesday, the same day Republican Gov. 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