COMMERCE, Ga. — The crowd at former President Donald Trump’s rally hardly stirred when David Perdue claimed that Gov. Brian Kemp “sold us out” in negotiations for a $5 billion Rivian plant in east Georgia. He was met with stony silence when he reinforced his support for the stalled Buckhead cityhood effort.
But cheers rang out Saturday when Perdue turned to Trump’s obsession by falsely claiming the 2020 “elections were absolutely stolen” thanks to Kemp.
And when he promised to ensure that “whoever was responsible goes to jail” if elected governor, loud chants of “lock him up!” erupted from Trump supporters gathered at the old dragway in Commerce. Perdue responded to the demands to imprison Kemp, his former political ally turned primary rival, by flashing a smile and a thumbs-up sign to the crowd.
