Georgia Sen. David Perdue grabs student’s phone while being asked about voter suppression

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Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., grabbed a Georgia Tech student’s cellphone on Saturday while he was being asked a question about alleged voter suppression in his home state.

The student was a member of the Young Democratic Socialists of America at Georgia Tech and was recording the conversation while attempting to question Perdue, who was at the Atlanta campus to campaign for Brian Kemp — the Georgia secretary of state who is locked in a hotly contested gubernatorial race against former state lawmaker and Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.

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