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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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Nov 9, 2020

As the dust settles from this presidential, we've got to recognize that we're still in the midst of a profound national crisis, a public health emergency that's taking nearly 1,000 lives a day, an economic crisis that has working families…

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Nov 9, 2020

And if the Biden administration is unable to mount any effective response to this pandemic, and to invest in economic recovery because of Mitch McConnell's partisan obstructionism, more people are going to die and more people are going to…

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Nov 9, 2020

I'm in favor of additional stimulus checks direct to working families. I'm in favor of dramatically expanding emergency support for small businesses.

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Nov 9, 2020

We have an obligation to the country now to ensure that there is an orderly transition.

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Nov 9, 2020

An overwhelming majority of Georgians want the president-elect to have the chance to govern, to lead us out of this crisis.

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Nov 9, 2020

This is about the human consequences of elections. The national interest and Georgia's interests are aligned.

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Nov 9, 2020

There is a lot of pain and a lot of suffering right now across the United States. And if the Biden administration is unable to mount an effective response to this pandemic and to invest in economic recovery because of Mitch McConnell's…

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Oct 30, 2020

Well, 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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Oct 30, 2020

Senator Perdue doesn't want to answer anymore questions. Because see, Senator Perdue feels entitled to the Senate seat. But this is not David Perdue's seat. This is the people's senate seat.

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Oct 30, 2020

This is so beneath the office of the U.S. Senator. You've continued to demean yourself throughout this campaign with your conduct.

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Oct 30, 2020

America, let's not wake up on Wednesday and wonder what else we might have done to save this country.

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Oct 30, 2020

It is the height of cowardice. Don't we deserve better than this?

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Oct 30, 2020

David Perdue thinks that he can just avoid scrutiny, avoid the public, dodge the press, cancel our debates and trust that voter suppression will see him to victory on Tuesday.

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Oct 29, 2020

It's not just that you're a crook, Senator. It's that you're attacking the health of the people that you represent.

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Oct 29, 2020

This is so beneath the office of a U.S. senator. You've continued to demean yourself throughout this campaign with your conduct. First, you were lengthening my nose in attack ads to remind everybody that I'm Jewish. Then when that didn't…

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Oct 29, 2020

Well, 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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Oct 29, 2020

It's not just that you're a crook, Senator, it's that you're attacking the health of the people that you represent.

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Oct 28, 2020

Well, 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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Oct 19, 2020

Even in the middle of this pandemic, David Perdue is trying to destroy the protections for pre-existing conditions. He's carrying water for the insurance industry because of their corrupt influence in Washington.

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Oct 19, 2020

This is the politics of fear and division at a moment when our country desperately needs leaders who unify us to confront COVID-19, to rebuild our economy and to restore faith in government.

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Oct 19, 2020

I got my start in public service working for Congressman Jon Lewis, a man who had his skull fractured marching for voting rights 55 years ago. That there are still officials in this country who abuse their authority to disenfranchise…

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Oct 19, 2020

When people become aware that someone is trying to take away their sacred, hard-fought rights, we are only galvanized in our determination to exercise those rights and in so doing to defend those rights.

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Oct 19, 2020

It's why we need a new voting rights act. And it's why I need help to resources our voter protection effort and I'm asking people across the country to log onto electJon.com and help us do that so we can win this race, restore decency to…

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