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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 15, 2020

Perhaps Senator Perdue would have been able to respond properly to the COVID-19 pandemic if you hadn't been fending off multiple federal investigations for insider trading.

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Dec 15, 2020

we have got to pass campaign finance reform to return government to the business of the people.

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Dec 14, 2020

Imagine Lawrence, being too much of a coward as a U.S. Senator to answer questions in public at a moment of crisis like this.

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Dec 14, 2020

We need a new civil rights act and a new voting rights act in this country to ensure true equal justice under the law for all regardless of race and regardless of class.

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Dec 14, 2020

David, if you're a fan of Lawrence's program, I'm ready to debate you. I'm still ready. Why don't you give the people the debate they deserve, Senator David Perdue.

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Dec 14, 2020

Please everybody out there across the nation, know this, we are getting outspent on the air, but we're out hustling on the ground.

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Dec 9, 2020

Since that Supreme Court decision, states like Georgia have engaged in more and more ruthless voter suppression but then heroes like Stacey Abrams stood up and said, actually we're not going to let you take away the sacred franchise that…

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Dec 9, 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 7, 2020

Health, jobs and justice are what the people need right now.

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Dec 7, 2020

Our senator has been absent. He 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 7, 2020

Your senator feels entitled to your vote. Your senator is refusing to answer questions and debate his opponent because he believes he shouldn't have to. He believes this senate seat belongs to him. The senate seat belongs to the people.

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Dec 7, 2020

Imagine being a U.S. Senator afraid of answering questions in public for fear that he might incriminate himself. At a moment like this when people are hurting.

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Dec 7, 2020

Senator Perdue, I suppose, doesn't feel that he can handle himself in debate, or perhaps his concern that he may incriminate himself in debate. It shows an astonishing arrogance and sense of entitlement for Georgia's senior U.S. Senator to…

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Dec 6, 2020

No, this election is about whether or not we're going to be able to govern at a moment of crisis. And all Senator Perdue is running on is ensuring Joe Biden's failure.

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Dec 6, 2020

Here's what's happening is that they expected that the apparatus of voter suppression that they have constructed in Georgia since the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, they've expected that this…

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Dec 6, 2020

If David Perdue had been in Congress in 1964, 1965, he would have been filibustering the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

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Dec 6, 2020

Look what President Trump is trying to do to pressure election officials in Georgia to throw out legitimate ballots is an attack on black voters in Georgia.

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Dec 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…

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Dec 4, 2020

We need to get direct relief to the people. We needed to get direct relief to the people eight months ago. And there is no excuse for holding it up any longer.

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Dec 4, 2020

If we're going to get resources to the CDC and hospital systems across the country, and nursing homes and clinics and doctors and scientists across the country, if we're going to get direct financial relief to people who need it right now…

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Dec 4, 2020

David Perdue is like the cartoon version of a corrupt oligarch profiting from tragedy, while opposing help for ordinary people.

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Nov 30, 2020

This kind of wheeling and dealing, this kind of corruption, this is what people are so disgusted by.

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Nov 30, 2020

I will introduce a bill on day one to ban members of congress from trading individual stocks.

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Nov 30, 2020

He is just going to come and spread COVID at one of his rallies. And I'm not sure what they hope to achieve.

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Nov 30, 2020

This represents an attack on voting rights in Georgia that cannot stand.

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