Final Georgia Senate debate cancelled after Perdue drops out to attend campaign rally: ‘Perdue’s cowardly withdrawal says it all’
The final debate between Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff has been canceled after Perdue dropped out to attend a campaign rally
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Your support makes all the difference.The final debate between Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff scheduled for Sunday, has been canceled after Perdue dropped out to attend a campaign rally.
Polls show a tight race between the two candidates heading into the final days of the campaign.
Perdue’s communications director John Burke said in a statement shared on Twitter that Perdue would instead join President Donald Trump at an expected rally.
“As lovely as another debate listening to Jon Ossoff lie to the people of Georgia sounds, Senator Perdue will not be participating in the WSB-TV debate but will instead join the 45th president, Donald J. Trump, for a huge Get-Out-The-Vote rally in Northwest Georgia,” Burke said.
Ossoff fired back in a statement.
“Senator Perdue’s cowardly withdrawal from our final debate says it all: David Perdue feels entitled to his office, and he’ll do anything to avoid accountability for his blatant corruption and his total failure during this unprecedented health crisis.”