ATLANTA Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue appeared to acknowledge President Donald Trump s election loss on Monday night, pinning the defeat on voters rejection of Trumps personality.

Speaking to roughly 50 attendees at a rally for his cousin, Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), the agricultural secretary said Trumps loss came despite a strong economy during the presidents tenure.

The America weve known and enjoyed for the past four years, with a dynamic economy I think its a shame in November that people looked past all of the accomplishments of Trumps administration and voted against his personality, or maybe the way he communicates, said Perdue, a former Georgia governor.

Biden was the first Democrat to win Georgia at the presidential level since Bill Clinton in 1992. Strategists in both parties have pointed to Trumps rhetoric, frequent falsehoods and bombastic style as a reason he sped up college-educated voters flight from the Republican Party . Winning over those voters in Atlantas suburbs was a key part of Bidens victory.