One month since his campaign was caught running an anti-Semitic ad against Ossoff, Sen. Perdue refuses to heed calls from a bipartisan group of Jewish leaders to apologize to the Jewish community
Perdue blamed an outside vendor and brushed off any responsibility
In only interview, Perdue told Fox News he was the victim of the scandal
Atlanta, Ga. — It’s been one month since an independent investigation found that Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.)’s campaign was running an anti-Semitic attack ad against Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Jon Ossoff that “lengthened and widened” Ossoff’s nose while “other parts of his face stayed the same size and proportions.”
Perdue still refuses to accept any responsibility for his own campaign or apologize to Georgia’s Jewish Community, as non-partisan groups like the American Jewish Committeeand the Anti-Defamation League demanded he do.
After the investigation broke, Perdue’s campaign went into overdrive to shift responsibility and place blame on an outside vendor for creating the ad, which three independent experts agreed was intentionally photoshopped to lengthen the size of Ossoff’s nose.
Later, when asked about the incident for the first time on Fox News, Perdue laughed off the accusation and then claimed he was the true victim of the scandal, implying that having previously traveled to Israel on a Congressional junket excused his actions.
Ossoff has called on Perdue to donate funds the Senator raised with a doctored image of Ossoff’s face to a nonpartisan organization that promotes community healing and combats hate. Senator Perdue has not responded.
“When Senator Perdue’s campaign was caught running a blatantly anti-Semitic ad, rather than accept responsibility for his own campaign’s actions, he went into hiding and instructed his staff to deflect blame. Worse, he then came out of hiding to declare victimhood. Georgians demand leaders who accept responsibility when they make mistakes and own up to it, and Senator Perdue flat out failed Georgia,” said Miryam Lipper, Ossoff’s communications director. “Still now, one month later, his refusal to apologize to Georgia’s Jewish community or even acknowledge that he caused pain here is shameful and shameless. Georgia deserves better, and we will demand better on November 3.”
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