Georgia Governor Kemp’s Campaign Defends Rivian Plant Deal
- Challenger Perdue says he sold out state to George Soros
- Attack draws on conspiracy theories popular on the right
Brian Kemp
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s campaign and rival Republican David Perdue slugged it out for a second day Tuesday over a planned $5 billion Rivian Automotive Inc. electric-vehicle plant that Kemp enticed to the state.
Perdue, who is challenging the incumbent in the May 24 primary with the support of Donald Trump, held a rally Tuesday in Rutledge, Georgia, to protest the project, which some residents have opposed. The former U.S. senator promised the few hundred attendees that he would fight to stop the plant, whose backers include billionaire George Soros.