Kingston pledges to fight back against political attacks | Online Athens

The “air war” in the U.S. Senate Republican primary is about to escalate as Jack Kingston threw a barb at opponent David Perdue on Friday, promising more to come.

Perdue’s campaign, meanwhile, welcomed the comparison of resumes.

Kingston, while meeting with reporters at the corporate headquarters of Atlanta Gas Light Co. to celebrate his endorsement from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said he will no longer allow himself to be attacked without fighting back.

“I have a record of being pro-growth and pro-jobs,” he said, crediting that with the endorsement. “Now, there are other people in this race who talk about being pro-business, but I would have to ask where have they been?”

Kingston’s backers say privately they’re most angered by ads produced by the Citizens for A Working America, super political-action committee which they speculate is tied to Perdue.

“We will probably need to be talking about other people’s records,” Kingston said. “If Mr. Perdue wants to talk records, a good place to start would be Pillowtex.”

Perdue spokesman Derrick Dickey said Pillowtex was essentially beyond saving when Perdue took the helm. Efforts to secure additional money to keep it afloat or a buyer were unsuccessful and the layoffs were inevitable.

“It’s just like a career politician to criticize a successful businessman for trying to save a company that had already been in bankruptcy,” Dickey said. “Meanwhile, Congressman Kingston has been in Washington for 20 years spending taxpayer money and bankrupting our country.”

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