Is Senator David Perdue In An Ivory Tower?

Senator David Perdue is out of touch with every-day Georgia citizens, and getting more out of touch every week.  He needs to step out of his Ivory Tower....  and as my mother would say "Get some sunshine and fresh air."  In this case, it means meeting with his constituents.

Sen. David Perdue

Senator Perdue is seemingly tone deaf that red, blue and purple voters in Georgia are deeply concerned about legitimate ethics issues in the White House, about our healthcare, equal rights, environment and education.  He's clearly misunderstanding.

Our first encounter with Senator David Perdue's heavy handed swatting away of constituents was in Greensboro, GA in early February.  The Christian Science Monitor interviewed a few folks at the Greensboro meeting and wrote this thoughtful article.  http://bit.ly/2lYQxct

On that very day, Senator Perdue claimed organized protesters were paid and organized by Democrats to disrupt his meeting.  Well, nothing could be further from the truth, and frankly it was really annoying.

Senator Perdue is taking active steps to avoid constituents' questions.  He's been quoted on Atlanta TV saying "Town Halls aren't my style" http://on.11alive.com/2lSVoMD

Today, we are reading in the Athens Banner-Herald http://bit.ly/2lSSsj5 how citizens are deeply offended by his remarks.  I'm so happy it's not just us!

What Senator David Perdue, Senator Johnny Isakson and my Congressman Rob Woodall don't understand is that we are your constituents, and we are calling on you to listen and work with us.   Despite what Donald Trump says, we are not organized by Barack Obama.  We are not paid.  We aren't even all Democrats.

Rep. Rob Woodall 

Our Indivisible GA-7 group in Congressional House District GA-7 has grown from 2 to 800 members in eight weeks.  We are organizing.  We have PR experts.  We have former congressional staffers.  We have marketing people.  We have a technology team.  We are watching your votes and every time you are quoted in the media.  We are now raising money and focused on educating our fellow citizens about the risky consequences of your votes.   We'll continue to grow and I doubt you'll be able to match our media and community outreach efforts.  We are focused on this like a laser beam... and your behavior is really helping galvanize our resolve.

We've already delivered petitions to your office asking for group meetings and you've declined.  We'll continue to extend the offer and hope you'll soon realize we are real and not going away.  Ever.