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David Alfred Perdue Jr. is an American diplomat, politician, and businessman serving as the 14th United States ambassador to China since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, Perdue previously served as a United States senator for Georgia from 2015 to 2021. He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Georgia in 2022.
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The Senate had a real opportunity to dismantle the most damaging parts of Obamacare. As Republicans have railed against the failures of Obamacare for the last seven years, Democrats have failed to acknowledge any shortcomings of Obamacare and refused to try to fix a broken system.
Now, due to an unworkable budget process and politicians who put their political self-interests ahead of national interest, Obamacare remains the law of the land,
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“The Senate had a real opportunity to dismantle the most damaging parts of Obamacare. As Republicans have railed against the failures of Obamacare for the last seven years, Democrats have failed to acknowledge any shortcomings of Obamacare and refused to try to fix a broken system.”
“Now, due to an unworkable budget process and politicians who put their political self-interests ahead of national interest, Obamacare remains the law of the land,”
CNBC: U.S. Amb. to China David Perdue on U.S.-China relations, trade talks and state of China's economy
Forbes: New U.S. Ambassador To China David Perdue Takes Up Beijing Post
Perdue arrived in China to take up his position and on the following day, he presented his credentials to the director-general of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Hong Lei
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The Boston Globe: New US ambassador, former senator and business executive David Perdue, arrives in China
Yahoo: Former Georgia Sen. David Perdue now new U.S. ambassador to China
Perdue was sworn in as an ambassador by President Donald Trump at a ceremony held in the Oval Office
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KSAT: Senate confirms former Sen. David Perdue as Trump's US ambassador to China amid tariff showdown
The Boston Globe: Senate confirms former senator David Perdue as Trump’s US ambassador to China amid tariff showdown
The United States Senate confirmed him with a vote of 67 to 29
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to China (2025).
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“two countries will naturally have areas of disagreement”
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President-elect Donald Trump named Perdue as his nominee for United States ambassador to China
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Perdue as his nominee for United States ambassador to China in the second Trump administration
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Claimed: “Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every registered voter.”” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"David Perdue voted with liberals” for $10 trillion “in new debt, his out-of-control federal spending is driving inflation through the roof."” Mostly False.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “Uses a skewed bar graph to show Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's polling advantage over Republican rival David Perdue in a hypothetical general election matchup with Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.” Misleading.
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Claimed: “The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”” — rated Pants on Fire by PolitiFact.
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Campaign: 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election.
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AP News rated the claim “During television election coverage of the Georgia Senate runoff races, 32,000 votes disappeared from GOP Sen. David Perdue’s vote count.” Missing context.
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Leaving the seat vacant pending the runoff's outcome
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Perdue absented himself from the override of Trump's veto of the defense spending bill
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says David Perdue “hasn't held a single public town hall meeting in six years” and “sells four meetings a year and a retreat on a private island for a $7,500 corporate PAC check.”” Mostly True.
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Claimed: “TV ad: "The Schumer, Pelosi, Ossoff change? Defund police. Voting rights for illegal immigrants."” — rated Distorts the Facts by FactCheck.org.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““David Perdue says he'll do everything in his power to make sure Joe Biden fails.”” Mostly False.
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Election lost: 2020–21 U.S. Senate election.
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Published video “Senator David Perdue Highlights Savannah Port Progress”.
Published video “WTOC: Senator Perdue Meets With Judge Barrett”.
Published video “FOX 5: Senator Perdue Meets With Judge Barrett”.
Published video “41 NBC: Senator Perdue Meets With Judge Barrett”.
Claimed: ““I’m running against a kid named Jon Ossoff, who has been endorsed by the Communist Party.”” — rated Four Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Published video “Senator Perdue & Judge Barrett”.
Published video “Senator Perdue Meets With Judge Amy Coney Barrett”.
Published video “Senator Perdue: Hearing From Georgians”.
Published video “WTOC: Perdue Visits Savannah Port”.
Perdue bought around $65,000 of stock in DuPont, a company that makes personal protective equipment, on the same day as a private Senate briefing on the spread of COVID-19
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Perdue directed his financial advisers to sell over $1 million in stock of the finance firm Cardlytics weeks before its shares fell significantly
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Losing to Democrat Jon Ossoff, a former investigative journalist and filmmaker, in a January 5, 2021, runoff election
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“trying to manage the psyche of the country”
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“had ordinary flu seasons with more deaths”
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Campaign: 2020–21 U.S. Senate election.
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Claimed: ““At half a trillion dollars — $500 billion — that makes the cartel business and the drug traffic just in Mexico alone coming across to the United States bigger than Walmart."” — rated Wrong by The Washington Post.
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Career landmark: United States senator (2019–2021).
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Perdue wrote Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin a letter expressing concern that owners of professional sports teams could not take advantage of certain tax breaks
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Perdue sold his Washington house for $1
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Perdue visited the Georgia Tech campus to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp
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Perdue attended a meeting at the White House at which, according to some participants, Trump purportedly referred to Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as "shithole nations" and remarked the United States should no
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Perdue also supported longer extensions for short-term health insurance plans, which can exclude coverage for preexisting conditions
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Claimed: ““Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system.”” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa."” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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Career landmark: United States senator (2017–2019).
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"Outside of eliminating the EPA altogether, Scott Pruitt is the next best thing
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Perdue and Tom Cotton co-sponsored the RAISE Act, an immigration reductionist proposal that would cut legal immigration to the United States by 50% over 10 years, restrict the family reunification part of the Immigration
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Supported replacing Obamacare with the American Health Care Act
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“cherry-picked select information to draw a misleading conclusion”
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“always believed in protections for Americans with preexisting conditions”
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“We should pray for Barack Obama. But I think we need to be very specific about how we pray. We should pray like Psalms 109:8 says. It says,”
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Career landmark: United States senator (2015–2017).
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Co-sponsored a bill that would allow federal contractors and employees to oppose same-sex marriage on the grounds of moral or religious convictions
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Election lost: 2014 U.S. Senate election.
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Campaign: 2014 U.S. Senate election.
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Defeating Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn, daughter of former U
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(with four cases and two deaths in the country) but praised Trump's response to the coronavirus in 2020, he said, "It's a totally different situation
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And 2008, he received $42 million in compensation from Dollar General
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Perdue joined Reebok as a senior vice president, eventually rising to president and CEO of the Reebok Brand
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Perdue took a position as senior vice president of Asia operations for Sara Lee Corporation
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Studied at Georgia Tech, Master of Science (1976).
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And a Master of Science degree in operations research in 1975
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At Kurt Salmon Associates, an international consulting firm, where he worked for 12 years as a management consultant, leaving in 1984
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Studied at Georgia Tech, Bachelor of Science (1972).
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Studied at United States Air Force Academy (1968–1969).
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“I have made a mistake and I do not want this type of career.”
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Perdue wrote to Congressman Brinkley that he wanted to quit the Air Force Academy writing, "I have made a mistake and I do not want this type of career
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Studied at Northside High School (1968).
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Born 1949-12-10.
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