David Perdue: 'I spent most of my career' outsourcing

In his Senate race against Michelle Nunn in Georgia, Republican David Perdue has been promoting himself statewide as a tireless and lifelong "job creator."

He forgot to mention that those jobs were created in Taiwan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong – not in the U.S.

When asked in a 2005 deposition, "Can you describe your experience with outsourcing," Perdue replied, "Yeah, I spent most of my career doing that." Then he said, "I dealt with companies from Japan westward, all the way to Kenya and Lesotho in Africa, Dubai, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, all points west of Japan. Defend it? I'm proud of it." Now he can't run away from his record fast enough.

Perdue was much sought after by businesses looking to ship jobs offshore. He was a partner at Kurt Salmon Associates, a management consulting company that specialized in offshoring for apparel companies.

His work for Reebok brought him to the attention of the failed North Carolina textile manufacturer Pillowtex Corp. There, Perdue oversaw the demise of that company and the loss of 7,600 American jobs.

Michelle Nunn said Perdue's record has caused a lot of pain for American workers.

"He would be the only senator that – from his own words – has built a career around outsourcing American jobs," Nunn said during a senate debate with Perdue this week. "That's not the experience we need in Washington...David in his deposition talked about 16 countries...but not once did he talk about creating jobs in the United States."

Perdue also isn't talking about the millions of dollars he made helping companies offshore U.S. jobs – the millions that he is using to run for the U.S. Senate.

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