Social media users called for a boycott of Perdue Chicken over the weekend thinking it was associated with the Georgia Republican. The chicken company says that isn't the case.
SALISBURY, Md. — Perdue Chicken and Sen. David Perdue might share a name, but that's where the affiliation ends, according to the national chicken company.
"The most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden are trying to perpetuate, and Bernie and Elizabeth and Kamala – Kah-ma-la, or Kah-mah-la, or Kamala-mala-mala – I don't know, whatever," Perdue said. Perdue's staff insisted the senator's comments were unintentional, but criticism of the remark grew on social media.," and Andrew Bates, spokesman for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said America can do"so much better than David Perdue."
Perdue Chicken quickly responded to the call for a boycott by explaining that David Perdue has no affiliation with the chicken company.throughout the weekend trying to clarify the misconception.
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