2020 GA Senate race: on Principles & Values
Jon Ossoff:
Refusal to debate shows arrogance & sense of entitlement
[Upon Sen. David Perdue not showing up for the runoff debate]: "I regret that someone who is supposed to be a public servant didn't join us. I truly regret that we haven't had the opportunity to debate the issues, because the people deserve it,"
Ossoff said in his closing remarks."It shows an astonishing arrogance and sense of entitlement for Georgia's senior US senator to believe he shouldn't have to debate at a moment like this in our history," Ossoff said.
Source: The Independent on Senate Runoff:2020 Georgia Senate debate
Dec 6, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Standard for Senators higher than not being prosecuted
The standard for conduct for a US Senator needs to be higher than that he wasn't criminally prosecuted. This conduct is obviously deeply unethical and his lies all year, that he doesn't personally direct his stock trades, have been exposed as lies.
We have to have a higher bar for those who represent us in office that they avoided indictment for conduct that is obviously unethical.
Source: Senate Runoff: 2020 Georgia Senate race press conference
Nov 30, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
On Day One, I'll place my stock portfolio in a blind trust
On day one, I will place my stock portfolio in a blind trust. Senator Perdue still refuses to give up control of his stock portfolio and he's been lying about his personal day-to-day control of that portfolio, because we now know that he's been
personally directing stock trades. I'll introduce legislation to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks. This is unethical, it's a huge conflict of interest. It's part of this deeper corruption in Washington that we have to root out.
Source: Senate Runoff: 2020 Georgia Senate race press conference
Nov 30, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Criticizes "cultural elitism" of Hollywood
Despite his close ties to the entertainment industry, Ossoff decries the "cultural elitism" of Hollywood. "There is a sense in the rest of the country that some folks in Hollywood look down [on them] and that cultural elitism can be a distraction,
and corrosive to the effort to build a broad coalition focused on improving our quality of life, solving our healthcare crisis and delivering investment and infrastructure," he told Variety.
Source: Fox News on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 4, 2020
David Perdue:
COVID: Stock trades came under investigation
Perdue was one of a number of lawmakers whose stock trades came under fire early in the coronavirus pandemic. Records show that following a Jan. 24 Senate briefing on the threat of coronavirus, Perdue purchased somewhere between $63,000 and $245,000
worth of stock in Pfizer, a company now working to develop a coronavirus vaccine. He made a number of purchases of stock in DuPont de Nemours, a chemical company that supplies personal protective equipment.
One purchase on the same day as the members-only briefing was for $65,000.
Perdue said he was not involved in the trade. "I have had an outside professional that manages my personal finances and I'm not involved in the day-to-day," he said in a statement.
Source: Fox News on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Shane Hazel:
Individual right to beliefs, including spreading Gospel
Q: Do you promise to protect the freedom of Christians to share the Gospel and to practice Biblical principles?A: Yes.
Q: What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
A: It means each individual has a right to their
beliefs, their life, liberty and property, as long as they are hurting nobody. And while we're separating the state from our private lives we should also separate the state from education and the market.
Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
David Perdue:
Strong supporter of judges in the mold of Antonin Scalia
There is no greater supporter of Trump's transformation of the nation's judiciary than Perdue. He fought to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and will ensure that all future judicial nominees will also protect and defend the Constitution.
Perdue has worked tirelessly to confirm judges in the mold of Antonin Scalia - conservatives who understand that their modest, but critical, role under the Constitution is to protect the American people from government overreach and mob rule.
Source: Gwinnett Daily Post on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 2, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Multiracial coalition with shared values emerging
Republicans have tried to divide people along racial lines to prevent the emergence of a multiracial coalition that recognizes shared economic and health issues and shares a commitment to civil rights.
It's a multiracial, multigenerational coalition with a shared sense of values that will carry us to victory.
Source: The Nation magazine on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 26, 2020
David Perdue:
Mocked Kamala Harris's first name at Trump rally
Perdue took the opportunity to mock Sen. Kamala Harris's name. "The most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden are trying to perpetrate, and Bernie, and Elizabeth, and KAH-mah-la, or Kah-MAH-la, or KAH-mah-la or Kamala-mala-mala, I don't
know, whatever," he said. It's a move that framed Harris as someone who's different. "Senator Perdue simply mispronounced Senator Harris' name, and he didn't mean anything by it," said Perdue's campaign communications director, John Burke, in a tweet.
Source: Vox.com on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 18, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
Youngest pastor to lead Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church
When he enrolled at Morehouse College, Reverend Warnock didn't know how he would pay the full tuition. With the help of low-interest student loans and Pell Grants Raphael graduated, earned a Ph.D., and was ordained in the ministry. Fourteen years ago,
he was chosen to serve as Senior Pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the former pulpit of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was the youngest pastor selected to serve in that leadership role at the historic church.
Source: 2020 Georgia Senate campaign website WarnockForGeorgia.com
Aug 18, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Dedicated my career to fighting corruption
Lobbying and political contributions should not buy bailout money, unfair subsidies, or impunity for labor and environmental abuses. I've dedicated my career to fighting corruption. I run a business that investigates bribery and the
abuse of power worldwide. I'm not taking contributions from corporate PACs or Congressional lobbyists. As Georgia's Senator, I will be accountable exclusively to the people of our state.
Source: 2020 Georgia Senate campaign website ElectJon.com
Jul 2, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
His faith informs his approach to politics
Ossoff, who is Jewish, said that his faith informs his approach to politics. "The experience of persecution and flight and massacre of my ancestors," he said, "influences and strengthens my commitment to standing
up alongside marginalized, dispossessed and persecuted people in solidarity with them to defend the human rights of all."
Source: The Jewish Insider on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Jun 5, 2020
Ted Terry:
Prefers evidence-based policy making
One of the things that bothers me a lot about our political system is that it's very ideological. When we look at evidence-based policy making, then you actually can find ways to compromise, because you're not basing it just on how you feel, you're
basing it on what actually works. As a mayor, I actually have to solve problems. We actually have to deal with it at the ground level. Rhetoric and ideology will never solve these problems, it's actually trying something new and being innovative.
Source: CityLab blog on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Aug 3, 2018
Page last updated: Dec 10, 2020