Senator David Perdue, R-Ga., Days away from a major run-off election against Democrat Jon Ossoff, supported Republicans who continue to challenge the outcome of the November presidential election.
Perdue supports the efforts of IDP senators such as Ted Cruz, who plans to contest election votes from several states when the election results are formally declared at a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
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‘You know, when I first saw the big irregularities in December, in early December, about our November race, I asked our Secretary of State to resign. “I have repeatedly called for a special session of the General Assembly to investigate,” Sunday Morning Futures told Fox News.
“None of that happened, so I started calling that the only thing the president had left was for us to object, and I agreed that I would do it,” Perdue continued.
Perdue noted that he himself would not participate in the objection, because even if he won on Tuesday, his victory would not yet be certified.
Later in the interview, Perdue continued his accusations against his Democratic opponent Jon Ossoff, claiming that Ossoff lied about other Chinese ties, such as the payment of Hong Kong company PCCW Media Limited, which is linked to the Chinese government.
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“He was paid by them for two years, he encourages people to follow Chinese propaganda, that’s what Xinhua does and that’s what PCCW does, and he participated in it for two years,” Perdue said, claiming that China is young Americans targeted. who could influence them. “He hid it from the people of Georgia during his primary election, captured it, lied about it, finally made it known and then lied about it again.”
Perdue further said that Ossoff rejected a question about China in a Fox News interview.
“He has never answered the question about his relationship with the CCP,” the Republican claims.
During an exchange with Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy on Thursday, Ossoff described the allegations that he knowingly failed to disclose PCCW’s compensation as ‘utter nonsense’.
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Ossoff said his media company “has conducted several investigations into atrocities committed by ISIS war criminals. And these investigations have been broadcast by dozens of television channels in dozens of countries around the world. And one of the television channels was in Hong Kong. That is the core of Senator Perdue’s campaign against me. “
Fox News’ Caleb Parks contributed to this report.