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David Perdue threw up 'White Power' sign on campaign trail

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On New Year’s a picture of David Perdue throwing up a ‘White Power’ sign together with two guys in ‘Keep America Great’ surfaced on Twitter. To my knowledge, this was the first post it was used in:

David Perdue giving the white power sign at his rally #GAPol#GASenpic.twitter.com/s7L5xSwRp0

— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) January 1, 2021

There was a lively debate between a “looks real” camp and a “looks photoshopped” camp. At the time, I decided against sharing it on Twitter or here, because I did not want to let my prejudices against Perdue get the best of me. But then, it turned out to be a true photo, orginally posted by a Republican activist on his Facebook page:

Turns out the David Perdue "White Power" gesture pic originated from a GOP staffer/activist's FB page. It's real! Has @sendavidperdue been questioned? pic.twitter.com/zYIrbutS0s

— T. Fisher King (@T_FisherKing) January 2, 2021

A couple of hours later, the guy who took the picture and posted it offered an “explanation”: See, it’s not the ‘White Power’ sign, it’s a sign for the number “3”, because these two guys knocked on approximately 3,000 doors.

Here’s what the GOP activist who took that picture of @sendavidperdue that’s going viral. “I took this picture. I'm African-American. The boys in the picture are Native American. They are celebrating reaching 3,000 voter contacts – nothing about white supremacy!” #gapol#gasenpic.twitter.com/4ExShMjSZN

— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) January 3, 2021

Yeah, and a raised middle finger means “You’re my number 1”, right?

The Perdue campaign has not yet made a statement, and I don’t expect they will. But regardless, I don’t think that David Perdue willfully posed for a picture showing him with a ‘White Power’ sign a couple of weeks before a close general elcetion. I think the most likely explanation that somebody told him the 3,000 doors story and told him to signify it this way — whether it was one of the guys in the picture, the photographer or somebody else and he just did it.

But that, to me, is the big problem here. A Senator from Georgia should care about the fact that white supremacy is a thing and a problem for millions of his constituents. A Senator from Georgia should know that white supremacists seek the company of Republican office holders. A Senator from Georgia should know how to spot white supremacists — their signs, their slogans — to be able to avoid them. But Perdue doesn’t know, because he doesn’t care. And that’s one of the reasons he shouldn’t be a Senator from Georgia.

We are on the eve of Election Day. If you have a couple of hours today, please help Georgians to make voting plans for tomorrow. If you can, please chip in a few bucks for Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock and some of their key allies in Georgia via ActBlue.


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