Our AJC colleague Aaron Gould Sheinin, traveling with Michelle Nunn, sends the following:
SAVANNAH -- On the eve of Tuesday's election, Mark Jackovich was thinking back to the July Republican runoff and the words of one of Savannah's favorite sons as he explained why he is casting his vote for Democrat Michelle Nunn.
“She’s had some nasty things said about her,” Jackovich, an elementary school teacher, said of Nunn. “I couldn’t feel good voting for (Perdue). Jack Kingston feels that way.”
Kingston immediately got behind Perdue after he lost -- and even cut an ad vouching for Perdue that is now airing in Savannah -- but Jackovich served as a reminder of the negatives poured on Perdue during a brutal primary season that have been amplified in the general election.
Nunn found a friendly crowd in the basement of historic First African Baptist Church when she, her husband and two children arrived. A pledge to fight for an increase in the minimum wage brought applause, as did her declaration that she’d fight to cut the country’s long-term debt to protect Social Security and Medicare for the next generation.
Fresh off Sunday's bitter final debate in Atlanta, Nunn told reporters afterward that Perdue's claim in the WSB showdown that he never outsourced jobs doesn't fit his own past narrative.
In a sworn deposition about the failure of a textile company he once led, Perdue said spent most of his career outsourcing. He later told reporters he was “proud” of that record.
“It’s a bit of a mystery about what David actually means when he talks about his career in outsourcing,” Nunn said. "But we do know under oath he said he spent most of his career outsourcing jobs and he went on to list 16 countries where he created those jobs.”
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