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Jon Ossoff: “We are dealing with the most absurd and obscene corruption in the modern history of our republic.”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2026
We are dealing with the most absurd and obscene corruption in the modern history of our republic.
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Jon Ossoff
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

At an AFL-CIO picnic in metro Atlanta.

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