"We have to decide right now if we’re going to be knocked down or knocked out," the GOP Senate candidate in Georgia told Fox News in an interview. "Personally, I’m ready to take back the state and fight for our future and the future of our country."
Last week King, the owner of an Atlanta-area construction company, became the first Republican candidate to launch a 2022 challenge against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, whom the GOP sees as one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats up for reelection next year.
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King, a military veteran and one of the most prominent Black supporters in Georgia last year of Trump’s reelection campaign, is emphasizing his pushback against so-called "cancel culture" during the initial days of his Senate bid.
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"We have these career politicians and woke corporations and even this overall canceled culture, they’re all empowered while our families and small businesses and people like us are just left to pay the price," King charged. "It’s just not right. Frankly, we need to un-cancel America and be proud of who we are."
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King, who was born to a teenage mother and raised in a single-parent home, graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, where he was an all-conference football player. He served five years in the Air Force as a contracting officer, rising to the rank of captain. After leaving the military, he became the general manager of an international construction firm before starting his own company, which has twice been praised for its growth by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
"I was born and raised here in Georgia….I’m a product of the American dream. That’s what we’re looking for right now. I’m a great representation of that and I want to make sure that future generations have that same opportunity," he emphasized. "I believe that this message will resonate with the people of Georgia."
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Asked about Warnock, King replied, "I think what Georgia is looking for is someone who is not to the extreme."
"His policy positions, they’re very left-leaning and he just doesn’t have our values. In Georgia we value life, we value the Second Amendment. And there’s nothing that comes out of Sen. Warnock that speaks towards that….he’s not really in lockstep with Georgia," King said as he tied the incumbent senator to President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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A confident King said, "We have no doubt that we can raise the money that’s needed for this race."
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King, who’s married to conservative pundit and operative Janelle King, was one of Trump’s most prominent Black supporters in Georgia and a featured speaker at the then-president’s campaign events in the Peach State during the 2020 general election campaign.
"I was a supporter of President Trump and we have reached out to people around the president and we do hope to earn his support going forward," King concluded.
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