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TBT: Senator David Perdue and Sonny Perdue Discuss Their Middle Georgia Roots

July 3, 2020  |  

Filed Under: Latest News, News From The Trail, Press Releases, Rapid Response Tagged With: 2020 election, david perdue, outsider

TBT: Senator David Perdue and Sonny Perdue Discuss Their Middle Georgia Roots

“The way we grew up and the principles we were embedded with at an early age gave us degree to never forget where we came from. And I think that’s really important with public service.” – David

In 2018, U.S. Senator David Perdue and his cousin, Sonny Perdue, sat down with the Houston Home Journal to talk about faith, family, and their Middle Georgia roots.

Read excerpts below and the full profile here.

While Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Senator David Perdue have served in political office for several years, one thing that never changes for them, as cousins, is never forgetting where they came from. In doing so, both agree that it has led them to blessings from their life lessons and family roots of meaningful, purposeful work.

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Senator Perdue was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Warner Robins. He attended Lindsey Elementary, Westside Elementary, Northside Junior High, and graduated from Northside High School. The two recall memories of growing up together.

“David and I grew up in that era of the glory years of the 1950s and 1960s where you did whatever it took,” Sec. Perdue said.

“Both of our mothers were longstanding teachers in the Houston County School System and had proper expectations of us. Our fathers had very high expectations of us as well. We would have good grades, but it was always, why couldn’t you do better? So we were always improving in a way that drove us in a positive way to be the very best you could in all you did.”

“We come from a big extended family,” Sen. Perdue said. “No matter what, we always got together every chance we had. But I mainly would spend my summers with Sonny on his father’s farm. If you look in the Webster’s Dictionary for the definition of responsibility you will find a picture of Sonny. I remember watching Sonny at a really young age in the field working, and then straight from there he would put on his uniform to go to little league practice. The way we grew up and the principles we were embedded with at an early age gave us degree to never forget where we came from. And I think that’s really important with public service.”

Both Sec. Perdue and Sen. Perdue’s mothers retired after teaching for over 40 years at the Houston County School System. Sen. Perdue’s father was also a teacher, principal, and was the School Superintendent for several years. Sec. Perdue’s father operated a dairy and diversified row crop farm.

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Sen. Perdue went on to Georgia Institute of Technology where he graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering. Later on he earned his second degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, a master’s in Operations Research. He served as an executive for leading international companies. As Senior Vice President of Asia Operations Research for Sara Lee, Perdue established the company’s first Asia headquarters, was President and CEO of the Reebok brand, was credited with revitalizing the athletic brand, and as Chairman and CEO of Dollar General, he oversaw the company’s expansion from 5,900 to 8,500 stores nationwide, creating thousands of quality jobs. While at Dollar General, he became heavily involved in literacy and served as Chairman of the National Commission on Literacy and Workforce Development.

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“I knew David would do an amazing job in the Senate and still does,” Sec. Perdue said. “He still continues to advocate for things he came for. It’s a seductive place up here and you can get compromised really quickly. And I am just extremely proud of David holding true to his promises for the people of Georgia. We take these stewardships very seriously. We want to make our family proud and people proud of morale and ethical decisions we make for Georgia and the U.S.”

“I think that one of the blessings that we have is, it’s unusual to have two contemporary family members involved in different ways like this,” Sen. Perdue said. “I enjoyed watching Sonny work in the President’s cabinet. I watch how that leadership flows through that room, and how it benefits of our farmers around the country. Life experiences are what we bring up here, but we also bring the humility. I see so many people here in this town who kind of lose sight of who they are and where they came from. Sonny and I attend Bible studies led by our different committees and it’s important. It keeps our feet on the ground and lets us know who is really in charge here.”

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ICYMI – Senator David Perdue Joins Erick Erickson Show

June 19, 2020  |  

Filed Under: Latest News, Latest Videos, News From The Trail, Press Releases, Rapid Response Tagged With: 2020 election, david perdue, Jon Ossoff, outsider, police reform

ICYMI – Senator David Perdue Joins Erick Erickson Show

Today, U.S. Senator David Perdue joined The Erick Erickson Show to discuss his 2020 re-election campaign as the original outsider, bipartisan police reform, and exposing the Democrats’ socialist agenda. Here are some highlights:

LISTEN to David’s interview with Erick Erickson here.

On Meaningful Solutions For Police Reform:

“All the deaths that we’ve seen at the hands of the police are just outrageous. Loss of life is a serious issue, and I think we all know that we’ve got to do something about that. But imagine a world without some sort of exercising of the law. One of the things that sets America apart from the rest of the world is our rule of law. It needs to be applied, but it needs to be applied fairly in every community. That’s where we’ve had a breakdown. There’s a loss of confidence in some communities, and I personally think we can fix that. Senate Republicans are going to drive a bill that will actually make a difference with body cameras, more training to de-escalate, and making the police reflect the demographic nature of the communities they serve.”

On His Commitment To Equality:

“I’ve been involved with this since I was a kid. I grew up in Middle Georgia. My dad integrated one of the first school systems in Georgia. I worked for a Head Start program. I was involved in a literacy effort. I was Chairman of the National Commission on Adult Literacy for a while. This is close to my heart.”

On Being The Original Outsider:

“I’m an outsider to this whole political process. Even though I’ve been here for five years, I’m still the outsider in the belly of the beast. I see this with a different perspective. First of all, I don’t like career politicians. I don’t think that’s what the Founders had in mind. Second of all, I think we have an onslaught right now where the Democrats are targeting Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and Maine. They’ve added Iowa and Montana…What we’ve got to do is make sure people know the truth. I trust the voters of Georgia. We’re going to do something that was not done in 2018. We’re going to expose all these radical policies that the Democrats are trying to perpetrate on America.”

On The Stark Contrast With Inexperienced, Privileged Liberal Jon Ossoff:

“The only thing that I’ve seen he’s been able to do is spend his daddy’s money and have this sort of fake career. Look, we told the people of Georgia why I was running in 2014. My mom and dad were public school teachers, I grew up working on our family farms, worked my way through school, and had a business career. I grew up in a pyramid of performance in my career, and that’s something we’ll talk about.”

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Original Outsider David Perdue Officially Wins Republican Nomination For U.S. Senate In Georgia

June 10, 2020  |  

Filed Under: Latest News, News From The Trail, Press Releases Tagged With: david perdue, outsider

Original Outsider David Perdue Officially Wins Republican Nomination For U.S. Senate In Georgia

ATLANTA, GA – The Perdue for Senate campaign released the following statements on U.S. Senator David Perdue winning the Republican nomination for re-election in Georgia:

“In 2014, Bonnie and I were humbled that the people of Georgia voted to send an outsider to the United States Senate,” said U.S. Senator David Perdue. “Since then, we have begun to change the direction of our country and realized the greatest economic turnaround in U.S. history. Now, we are ready to do it again as we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis. I’m still focused on preserving the free-enterprise system and creating economic opportunity for every American. We are proving that one person can make a difference and that what we believe in actually works, but we still have a lot of work left to do and I continue to stay singularly focused on the needs of the people of Georgia.”

“David Perdue really is making a difference. Since the day he took office, David has been delivering results for Georgia families,” said Perdue for Senate Campaign Chair Alec Poitevint. “He’s made good on his promises to promote job growth, rebuild our military, fight for our farmers, deepen the Port of Savannah, pursue criminal justice reform, expand opportunity zones, and strengthen our Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We need him to help lead our state and our country through these challenging times. We’re confident that our campaign’s powerful grassroots movement – with leadership in all of Georgia’s 159 counties – will drive David to re-election this November.

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Making Washington Focus On Results

July 16, 2019  |  

Filed Under: Latest News, News From The Trail Tagged With: balanced budget, budget process, business, economy, funding process, global security, jobs, outsider, Port of Savannah, term limits

Sen. David Perdue – Making Washington More Results Oriented
By Erich J. Prince, Merion West

Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.) took office in January, 2015.

Prior to being elected to the Senate, Mr. Perdue spent decades in the private sector, rising to CEO of Reebok and later Dollar General. His 2014 Senate bid was his first run for political office, and he has emphasized his business background both as a candidate and as a United States Senator.

Since taking office, Senator Perdue has supported infrastructure projects such as the deepening of the Port of Savannah, as well as fiscal accountability issues including pressing for an audit of the Department of Defense. He frequently works closely with President Trump. Senator Perdue joins Merion West’s editor Erich Prince to discuss his experience as a businessperson-turned-politician, bringing private sector concepts to Washington, and his strong support for term limits for members of Congress.

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David Perdue Proposes Holding Federal Employees To Account

June 19, 2019  |  

Filed Under: Latest News, News From The Trail Tagged With: accountability, drain the swamp, MERIT Act, outsider

David Perdue Proposes Holding Federal Employees To Account
Sean Moran, Breitbart

Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) proposed legislation Wednesday that would cut government waste and ensure accountability for government workers who fail to uphold their duty to serve the American people.

Sen. Perdue, along with Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Braun (R-IN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Roger Wicker (R-MS) reintroduced the Modern Employment, Improvement and Transformation (MERIT) Act, which would modernize the federal civil service system by expediting the dismissal of federal employees who fail to meet performance standard. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) introduced the House companion legislation on Wednesday.

The Georgia conservatives’ legislation arises as President Donald Trump announced his 2020 presidential campaign Tuesday, pledging to continue ridding Washington, DC of corruption and grift.

“It’s going to take at least four more years to drain that swamp,” Trump said during his campaign rally in Orlando, Florida.

Sen. Perdue’s legislation would serve as another avenue through which President Trump could further drain “drain the swamp” by firing employees who fail to meet performance standards.

Perdue said in a statement federal employees should be held to the same standard as every other American, suggesting that with over $22 trillion in debt, we cannot afford workers who cannot serve the American people.

Sen. Perdue charged:

Government employees should be held to the same standards as private sector employees, yet it is nearly impossible to fire bureaucrats for failing to do their jobs. Right now, it can take more than a year to fire or replace a civil service employee, even for poor performance or misconduct. With a $22 trillion debt crisis, we cannot afford to hold onto bureaucrats who aren’t doing their jobs. Since President Trump took office, more than 4,300 bad actors have been fired, demoted, or suspended at the VA. It’s time to expand those efforts and address problems across the entire federal government.

Perdue’s legislation follows as a Gallup poll found in January that only 35 percent of Americans either say they have a great or fair amount of trust in the American government.

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Our New Video

March 23, 2019  |  

Filed Under: Latest News, Latest Videos, News From The Trail Tagged With: accountability, economy, jobs, outsider, term limits

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Trump’s Man In The U.S. Senate

March 1, 2018  |  

Filed Under: Latest News, News From The Trail Tagged With: outsider, President Trump

Meet Trump’s favorite senator — the man he calls before dawn and after midnight and has given one of his ‘highest accolades’
Business Insider 

  • David Perdue never held political office prior to becoming a senator from Georgia, serving as a CEO of major companies like Reebok.
  • Perdue maintains a strong and candid relationship with President Donald Trump.
  • Perdue serves as a bridge between Senate leaders and the president, who have strikingly different approaches to policy.

Before Donald Trump, there was David Perdue.

Perdue, a Georgia Republican, became the first Fortune 500 CEO elected to the Senate. While making a name for himself helming companies like Reebok and discount store chain Dollar General, he worked on every continent on the planet except for Antarctica.

Like the president, Perdue had no experience in public office prior to his 2014 election to the Senate. But, similarly to Trump, he is no stranger to the political scene. And, much like Trump, Perdue believes the Washington, DC, system is broken.

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“As a business guy, we have a point in commonality,” Perdue said in a recent interview with Business Insider. “Number one, all we want is results. He’s not an ideologue. He has not been up here in the Washington bubble for all these years, fighting these partisan wars. He just wants to get results. I just want to get results.”

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Perdue was among a group of Republican lawmakers invited to the White House shortly after Trump’s inauguration, though he was the odd man out.

The March 1 meeting included six of the highest-ranking Republican members of the House and Senate. And then there was Perdue, a first-term senator with no rank or authority in the GOP.

“The purpose of that I think, was to emphasize that I was another business guy that understood that his first priority was getting the economy going again — I had thoughts about that,” Perdue recalled of the meeting. “He and I disagreed on some things. He came in and wanted to do a lot of tariffs. We kind of put the other point on that. I argued against the border adjustment tax and was successful keeping it from becoming law. So the president and I have a very good relationship, but it’s one that we have directed toward an end result.”

But Perdue is no interloper. He has functioned as a bridge between the White House and Congress at a time when Trump’s relationships with lawmakers can be highly volatile.

“I feel like I’m brokering the president’s agenda in the Senate and I hope I’m developing confidence within the Senate that I don’t really speak unless I have something to say and that’s worked for me,” he said.

Read the full story at Business Insider.

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Full Interview with Laura Ingraham

September 21, 2017  |  

Filed Under: Latest News, News From The Trail Tagged With: Laura Ingraham, Obamacare, outsider, President Trump, RAISE Act

If you missed my interview on The Laura Ingraham Show, we discussed President Trump’s UN address, health care, and why the RAISE Act should be included in any fix to our country’s immigration system. Listen in below!

Posted by David Perdue on jueves, 21 de septiembre de 2017

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President Trump’s First 50 Days

April 1, 2017  |  

Filed Under: News From The Trail Tagged With: Donald Trump, economy, foreign policy, outsider, regulations, tax reform

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