Senator Perdue’s “Fly Around Tour”

“Get out to vote and vote early. Tell your friends, even your not-friends, they gotta vote. This is our last chance. This is our last stand between us and what they want to do to our country.” Those are the pleas of Senator David Perdue to his fellow Georgians regarding the looming Senate runoff elections. On Monday, Senator David Perdue and his cousin, Current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former Governor Sonny Perdue, hosted an Early Vote Kickoff Rally as part of the “Win Georgia, Save America” Fly Around Tour at the Middle Georgia Regional Airport.

The tour began in Macon, and it included seven stops around Georgia, all ending at Atlanta. The Republican campaign wanted to stress the importance of voting early for the upcoming Senate runoff elections. Sonny Perdue was second up to the podium and kicked off the momentum of the rally.

“We need to vote early, and if the media’s listening, you need to vote often as well.” He chuckled as he looked around at the supporters, and then went on to explain, “How do you legally vote often as a Republican? You take friends with you. And that’s the most important thing.”

Republicans in Georgia are trying to push back the inter-party divide by rallying together to make a stand against the Democratic opponents. The desperation is evident due to the fact that if David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler do not get re-elected, the Democratic Party will have the largest favor in votes, thus feeding into the concern that the Republicans have of them carrying out what they believe is the “radical agenda.”

Sonny Perdue urged, “I’m out here today, not as Secretary of Agriculture; I’m out here today as a concerned Georgia citizen—as a concerned American citizen—because this is for all of America. And we need David and Kelly back up there in order to hold the line against the things our opponents want.”

He went on to discuss everything that the Trump administration has done for America during the past four years and how it has boosted the economy to the best he’s ever seen. He pressed that if Perdue and Loeffler aren’t re-elected, the Democratic Party will make changes to policies that the Trump administration has already set. “They’re really unashamed about some of the things they want to do. Like opening borders, raising taxes, Medicare for all—taking away your private health insurance; those kinds of things which would be tragic.”

Following those urgent statements, Perdue pointed out that this election is pivotal to future elections and the impact for generations. Through the current line of thought, if the Democrats win the majority vote, Republicans believe that there will not be another chance of bringing the power back on their side. “If we don’t get our job done this time, we might not get another opportunity. It’s that serious.”

David Perdue came in shortly after Sonny made his introductions. He was held up by a phone call with President Donald Trump, who also stressed the importance of Perdue’s rally to vote and to vote early. “He said we’ve worked too hard in the last four years to get all of this accomplished for it to go down the drain to these Democrats,” Perdue said, relaying Trump’s message. “They will reverse the regulations, they’ll reverse the tax cuts, they’ll reverse the energy worth and make us all energy independent, and they’ll reverse the banking laws that saved our community banks.”

Perdue wasn’t only speaking to fellow Republicans that voted for him and Trump during the November elections. He also pointed out that he was addressing voters of the opposing side as well. “There are people in this state that voted because they were upset with how the president speaks or whatever, but don’t really want to go to the hard left and what the Democratic platform is really offering right now. We believe that there are some Georgians out there that do not want to go that far left. So we’re reaching out to them specifically to say [that] this is the time for balance and split government. That’s when big things can happen in our form of government. And we’re really encouraging them to think about the long term implications of this democratic agenda that they’re trying to portray right now.”

Other officials in attendance of the rally were: Bonnie Perdue, Macon-Bibb Commissioner Mallory Jones, Commissioner-elects Bill Howell and Raymond Wilder, Centerville Mayor John Harley, Monroe County Commission Chair Gregory Tapley, Representatives Heath Clark and Robert Dickey, Monroe County GOP Chair Todd Tolbert and President of Middle Georgia Republican Women Frankie Ross.

Early voting started on December 14 and will run until Friday, January 1. Election Day for the U.S. Senate is January 5, 2021. Vote in person during the early voting period or on Election Day, or request an absentee ballot to vote by mail. Please contact your local election official for more information. 

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