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Jon Ossoff

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Jon Ossoff is an American politician and investigative filmmaker currently serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a position he has held since January 20, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Ossoff gained national attention during his campaign for the Senate, which he won in a runoff election against Republican incumbent David Perdue. His victory was significant in helping to shift the balance of power in the Senate towards the Democrats.

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  1. “He doesn’t want to do the job,” Ossoff said. “He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.”4 sources2026huffpost.com
  2. Your foolish and self-indulgent demolition of critical public health programs puts Americans at risk.2 sources2026huffpost.com
  3. While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings.2 sources2026theguardian.com
  4. He golfs and trades stocks. See, he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the amir of Qatar.2 sources2026theguardian.com
  5. He doesn’t want to do the job.2 sources2026huffpost.com
  6. No one cares about their feelings.2 sources2026foxnews.com
Aug 28, 2026

Swastikas and the Klan. Another week, another scandal for the bigot Congressman Mike Collins and his collapsing Senate campaign.

talkingpointsmemo.com
Aug 22, 2026

a conflict that 'they know not how to end or how to win.'

huffpost.com
Aug 22, 2026

He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.

theatlantic.com
Aug 22, 2026

a war based on lies, while he plays with his new ballroom

huffpost.com
Aug 22, 2026

I expect them to spend tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars to try to win this Senate race

huffpost.com
Aug 22, 2026

the entire White House is culpable of 'lying the country into war'

huffpost.com
Aug 21, 2026

The president sleeps through his meetings. He golfs and trades stocks.

theatlantic.com
Aug 21, 2026

They made you pay more for everything and took us to war on lies and spent most of last year trying to cover up for the world’s most famous pedophile.

theatlantic.com
Aug 21, 2026

they know not how to end or how to win.

huffpost.com
Aug 21, 2026

an obscenity that will haunt them for the rest of their careers.

huffpost.com
Aug 21, 2026

No one cares about their feelings.

foxnews.com
Aug 21, 2026

It's been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week.

foxnews.com
Aug 21, 2026

the sailors on the Lincoln are fighting his war, a war based on lies, while he plays with his new ballroom, flies around on a jet given to him by a foreign prince, and retreats into this circle of sycophantic aides.

huffpost.com
Aug 21, 2026

And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults, public officials paid by the taxpayers with immense power in positions of public trust.

foxnews.com
Aug 21, 2026

While he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings. He golfs and trades stocks. See, he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their…

theatlantic.com
Aug 20, 2026

The primary is in the past and the nominee has my support.

foxnews.com
Aug 20, 2026

“And the president’s done so, not just enabled by hangers-on and sycophants inside the White House, but also Republicans in Congress who have enabled him at every turn, and one of them is Congressman Mike Collins here in Georgia. The…

salon.com
Aug 20, 2026

“Apparently, in the White House, the truth hurts.”

salon.com
Aug 20, 2026

“They have lied us into war after promising peace,” he said. “They’ve driven inflation skyrocketing, thrown people off their health insurance, doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians after they promised to bring…

salon.com
Aug 20, 2026

“This is Georgia,” he reminded viewers during his interview with O’Donnell. “This is the most competitive battleground state in the country . . . I guarantee that within weeks the polling will be within the margin of error, and there is no…

salon.com
Aug 20, 2026

“I have zero interest in running for president in 2028,” he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in June, likening the talk to “fantasy football” that takes attention from the immediate task at hand: winning a Democratic Senate majority.

salon.com
Aug 20, 2026

“So [Trump] doesn’t want to do this job,” Ossoff, who is running for reelection in Georgia, said at a campaign event on Sunday.

salon.com
Aug 19, 2026

“And just like the West Wing is full of sycophants who tell him what he wants to hear and enable him, so is the United States Congress,”

huffpost.com

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