Georgia Republican Senate candidate David Perdue is taking what might seem an unusual approach in criticizing his opponent, Democrat Michelle Nunn — he’s criticizing her for her father’s vote in the 1970s to give the Panama Canal back to Panama.
“We’re being sold the same bill of goods by my opponent,” Perdue said at a stump speech in Blue Ridge, Ga., according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “She’s trying to say ‘Oh no, I’m going to go to Washington and work together with the other side like my daddy did’
“I want the Panama Canal back, y’all. You know, I remember. I remember in 2008 when [then-former Sen.] Sam Nunn stood up and gave on TV —and it’s on YouTube right now, you can see it. Go look at what Sam Nunn said about our commander in chief. He said Barack Obama will open up a new day for America. He’ll protect our military. He’ll be good for our veterans.”
As the Georgia newspaper noted, Nunn backed then-President Jimmy Carter in 1978 when he asked Congress to vote to return the canal to Panama.
The TPM Polltracker finds Perdue with a 0.1 point lead over the rest of the field.
