Perdue Sticks Close to Trump

“Some Republicans facing tough 2020 elections are weighing a break with President Trump on foreign policy or his border wall-driven national emergency declaration. David Perdue is going the other way,” Politico reports.

Said Perdue: “Republicans have made a mistake in the past by running away from this president. I don’t see any need to do that. I support this agenda. I don’t support everything he says or how he says it, but this agenda is working.”

“It’s a confident early stance from a Republican facing one of the toughest reelection races in the country next year — especially if he faces Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who lost the 2018 gubernatorial race by 1.4 percentage points. Democrats argue Georgia has shifted rapidly into battleground territory since Perdue romped to victory in 2014 over Michelle Nunn, the daughter of a legendary senator. And Perdue’s reelection is critical for Republicans to hold their Senate majority in 2020.”