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On the recordDecember 6, 2020
I think it shows tremendous disrespect for Georgia voters, and here at a moment when we're losing thousands of Americans per day, a virus out of control, Congress that has not delivered any economic relief for ordinary people, a public health infrastructure nationally that urgently needs to be backstopped and funded to deal with this surge, to have a sitting U.S. Senator too afraid to debate these issues of life and death concern for Americans is a disgrace.
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Jon Ossoff
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Ossoff criticizes Senator Perdue for not participating in debates, emphasizing the importance of addressing urgent issues during the pandemic.

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