Stacey Abrams, David Perdue call foul on GOP proposal to ban fundraising while Georgia legislature i

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Stacey Abrams, David Perdue call foul on GOP proposal to ban fundraising while Georgia legislature is in session

By Vanessa Williams
February 15, 2022 at 1:17 p.m. EST

Both the Democrat and Republican seeking to oust Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) are calling foul on a proposal by GOP lawmakers that would prohibit fundraising while the legislature is in session.

State legislators say the measure is fair only given that current officeholders are prohibited from raising money during the legislative session, but Democrat Stacey Abrams and former senator David Perdue, who is challenging Kemp in the GOP primary, say the proposal unfairly targets their campaigns and gives Kemp an unfair advantage.

Abrams’s team notes that the move came shortly after her campaign announced outraising Kemp in December and January. According to her campaign, she raised a total of $9.2 million in December and January, and had $7.2 million on hand. Kemp reported raising $2.5 million during the same period, with a total of $7.4 million between July 2021 and Jan. 31. The governor’s campaign said in a Feb. 1 news release that it had $12.7 million in cash on hand. Perdue, according to media reports, raised $1 million during December and January.

In a letter to supporters over the weekend, Abrams noted her fundraising advantage during December and January and said Kemp “fears both our grassroots team and his GOP primary challenger, which is why he and his lieutenants in the legislature developed a cynical ploy to temporarily stop us both from raising funds.” Abrams urged her supporters to donate to her campaign “as soon as possible” in the event the measure passes.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/15/abrams-perdue-fight-gop-fundraising/

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[dchill]

1. Surely the fact that the law "gives Kemp an unfair advantage..."

...is a fluke, an unforseeable consequence...

[monkeyman1]

2. that's Kemp , pure dirt ! just like the last one !

[SunSeeker]

3. Trump is actually helping Abrams by pushing that feckless Perdue to primary Kemp.

Which is fine with me. I donated to Abrams just now.

[brer cat]

4. Thank you, SunSeeker!

GA needs Abrams as Gov.

[HighFired49]

5. Totally nuts

The state legislature can make all of the rules that they want regarding its members, but I don't see how they can make a rule/law like that governing private citizens. Totally stupid.