A moment from the Georgia senate debate between Republican Senator David Perdue and his Democratic challenger, Jon Ossoff has gone viral. Huff Post reports:
The pair met in Savannah on Wednesday night for their second and final debate, lobbing charged attacks at each other as Democrats spend heavily in the state in an attempt to flip the Senate. Polls are neck-and-neck, although the race could lead to a runoff if neither candidate secures 50% of the vote.
The most memorable moment of the night came as Ossoff attacked Perdue on COVID-19. Here’s part of what he said:
“It’s not just that you’re a crook, Senator. It’s that you’re attacking the health of the people that you represent. You did say COVID-19 was no deadlier than the flu. You did say there would be no significant uptick in cases. All the while you were looking after your own assets and your own portfolio.”
?BLISTERING SPEECH. @ossoff completely destroys Perdue in Georgia senate debate—for Perdue dismissing #COVID19 pandemic as nothing but the flu, for ignoring health warnings, & voting 4 times to deny protections for pre-existing conditions. #GASenateDebate pic.twitter.com/CKV0aY5fjL
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 29, 2020
The clip Ossoff shared on his Twitter account has now been viewed more than 7 million times.
David Perdue lined his own pockets – trading medical stocks and dumping casino shares – while he lied to us about the threat of a virus that's now killed over 220,000 Americans.
He doesn't deserve to be re-elected. #GASen #GASenDebate pic.twitter.com/5iW8wsrpGq
— Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) October 29, 2020
UPDATE 6:48PM ET: Perdue has pulled out of the last debate, will instead campaign with Donald Trump.
Perdue decides to go to Trump rally and pulls out of debate. “As lovely as another debate listening to Jon Ossoff lie to the people of Georgia sounds, Senator Perdue will not be participating in the WSB-TV debate but will instead join” Trump for “a huge” rally in NW GA, spox says https://t.co/C4otKDvVg6
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 29, 2020
