Election fraud claims dominate Georgia GOP governor’s debate

“First off, let me be very clear tonight,” Perdue began his opening statement, “the election in 2020 was rigged and stolen.” He went on to blame rising gas prices, inflation, illegal immigration and “the brink of war” on Kemp because the governor allowed “radical Democrats to steal our election.”

Kemp aimed to brand his challenger as damaged goods, saying several times that Perdue lost his last election to Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff. The governor focused more on setting up his race against the presumptive Democratic nominee, Stacey Abrams…

“Weak leaders take credit when things go well, and blame someone else when it doesn’t,” Perdue said.

Kemp’s response: “Weak leaders blame everybody else for their own loss instead of themselves.”