David Purdue has been caught using his position to enrich himself, and it’s not the first time. In 2014, his primary opponent said he sat on the Georgia Ports Authority board and made decisions that benefitted his trucking company.

“You were making money off your appointment.”
In 2014, David Perdue knocked his opponent, Karen Handel, because she lacked a college degree. David Perdue believes high school graduates can’t handle broad, complex issues.
In 2014, in true white nationalist form, David Perdue came out against “legal immigration” and suggested “legal immigration” was perhaps an even bigger problem than “illegal immigration.”
In 2014, David Perdue refused to affirm if minimum wage should even exist and refused to say what the minimum wage should be.

As CEO of Dollar General, David Perdue made in one day what it took his minimum wage employees to make in a year.
In 2014, David Perdue said he was “proud of [his] record at Dollar General” and “worked hard to help people make it from payday to payday.”

David Perdue is proud that as Dollar General CEO he was responsible for helping his minimum wage employees live paycheck to paycheck.
In 2014, David Perdue was asked if he created or sourced jobs oversees.

David Perdue answered, “Dollar General is a perfect example.” Perdue said he created jobs but added, “we outsourced all the products we sold in our stores.”
In 2014, David Perdue came out against funding the federal food stamp program and said, “it needs to be reformed.”

Approximately 1.7 million Georgians rely on food stamps to feed their families, and applications have significantly increased during the #COVID19 pandemic.
At the 3rd debate of 2014, David Perdue once again dodged the question of whether he supports a minimum wage, calling it “the law of the land,” but “not consistent” with the current employment situation.

It’s safe to assume David Perdue would like to repeal the minimum wage.
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