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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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Dec 29, 2020

If Mitch McConnell holds onto the Senate, they will return to the brazen partisan obstruction, the ruthless exercise of power of its own sake. They will block the COVID relief that is needed.

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Dec 29, 2020

President-elect Biden, President Trump and Democrats all support this policy to get money into the pockets of hardworking Americans who are in dire straits right now, and Senator Perdue needs to come out tonight and commit to voting on the…

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Dec 29, 2020

David Perdue, the same senator who was lining his own pockets, trading medical and vaccine stocks in the early weeks of this pandemic, opposed direct relief payments all year long while his constituents were suffering.

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Dec 29, 2020

The people have needed help, but for the past year, David Perdue has opposed all direct relief for working Georgians even while he cashed out personally on the pandemic by trading medical stocks. He hasn't had a change of heart. He's…

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Dec 29, 2020

the only reason that Mitch McConnell is even entertaining the possibility of this kind of direct relief for the American people that's needed, the only reason that David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler turned on a dime and endorsed at least in…

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Dec 29, 2020

The only reason that Mitch McConnell is even entertaining the possibility of this kind of direct relief for the American people that's needed, the only reason that David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler turned on a dime and endorsed at least in…

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Dec 29, 2020

That voting rights legislation in particularly crucial to protect voters at a time of some of the most disgusting and disgraceful voter suppression in American history.

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Dec 29, 2020

But David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler and the GOP are mounting a relentless attack on the voting rights in Georgia.

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Dec 28, 2020

I'm asking you to invest in victory in Georgia, in voter protection in Georgia. Help us defend the franchise from this voter suppression.

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Dec 28, 2020

I'm calling on Senator Perdue to reverse his opposition to $2,000 relief checks.

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Dec 28, 2020

Six hundred dollars is a joke. Folks have months of rent past due, gas bills piling up, child care costs that they can't keep up with, credit cards maxed out. People are hurting, through no fault of their own.

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Dec 28, 2020

And I'm calling on Senator Perdue to reverse his opposition to $2,000 relief checks.

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Dec 28, 2020

Our Republican opponents and the national Republican Party are trying to disenfranchise black voters in Georgia. They're trying to throw out the registrations of those who have registered since the November election.

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Dec 27, 2020

But don't win these two races. Mitch McConnell will block all of that the stakes are so high and they're trying to suppress black voters in Georgia.

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Dec 27, 2020

My opponent, David Perdue, I mean, just wrap your head around this, the same guy who was on the phone with his broker buying medical and vaccine stocks to personally profit from this pandemic, opposed even the first round of $1,200 checks.

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Dec 27, 2020

I'm calling on Senator Perdue tonight to endorse $2,000 relief checks for the American people to join President Trump, President-elect Biden, Democrats and members of his own party who recognize that the people are hurting, credit cards…

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Dec 27, 2020

Republicans are filing lawsuit after lawsuit to disenfranchise black voters in Georgia. They're trying to segregate new registrants, so their votes don't count like other votes.

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Dec 27, 2020

We're in the midst of a public health crisis that demands aggressive direct relief payments to the American people that demands a redoubled effort to invest in the public health response, free testing and vaccinations resources for…

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Dec 27, 2020

It's not just President Trump, President-elect Biden and Democrats are all pushing for $2,000 relief checks. And it's what the people need.

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Dec 27, 2020

We need to enact landmark, civil rights and voting rights legislation and we need to invest in infrastructure and clean energy to rebuild our economy and save our environment.

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Dec 24, 2020

Our senator has been absent, is absent. Doesn't think he needs to be here answering questions. Doesn't think he needs to be in Washington passing relief for the people.

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Dec 22, 2020

There's movement level energy in Georgia right now. And if you had told anybody in Georgia ten years ago this is where we'd be today, they wouldn't have believed you. The most competitive state in the country, two Senate runoffs for the…

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Dec 15, 2020

the corruption in Washington is totally out of control.

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Dec 15, 2020

But, for now, let the message stand that this is about health, jobs and justice for the people, health, jobs and justice.

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