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“His war in the Middle East spirals out of control and the cost of living continues to rise for Americans across the country.”
On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
Democratic senator from Georgia
27 things Jon Ossoff said, verbatim, from June 14, 2026 to August 20, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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“His war in the Middle East spirals out of control and the cost of living continues to rise for Americans across the country.”
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“has a profound impact on how I view the State of Israel, recognizing that the State of Israel was established 75 years ago as Jews rebuilt in the ashes of the Holocaust, and sought to establish a secure homeland for the Jewish people,”
on Ossoff's view of Israel's founding after the Holocaust shaping his identity
The Forward How a Trump attack on Jon Ossoff could fuel the first Jewish presidency ›
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“Senator Ossoff continues to support Ukraine’s valiant self-defense against intolerable Russian brutality and aggression,”
The Guardian US Senate votes to advance Russia sanctions bill that would give Trump new tariff powers – as it happened ›
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“If there was a threat to the president, it’s quite reasonable for the public in the Congress to ask whether the poor operational security at this White House may have contributed to it.”
Breitbart News Dem. Sen Ossoff: 'This Entire War Is Based on Lies' ›
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“given the continued misuse of America’s intelligence services and intelligence authorities and personnel by this president in the pursuit of 2020 election denialism and conspiracy theories.”
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“want someone that will disrupt the status quo and do what’s necessary to make their lives easier as the Trump administration raises prices on everything from gas to groceries.”
on Ossoff's reelection campaign attacking Trump over rising prices
Associated Press Sen. Ossoff fuels reelection campaign with attacks on Trump ›
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“From the beginning, the Social Circle community united against this proposal, which risked overwhelming the city’s infrastructure,”
on DHS dropping plans for a Georgia warehouse detention center after community opposition
CNN DHS scraps plans to turn Georgia warehouse into detention mega center, city says ›
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“This news proves yet again that public pressure and opposition works.”
on DHS scrapping the Georgia detention center plan after public opposition
CNN DHS scraps plans to turn Georgia warehouse into detention mega center, city says ›
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“Your foolish and self-indulgent demolition of critical public health programs,”
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“I have been working for years now for a replacement for Dexter Elementary. That’s really important for those families down there in Columbus,”
Fox News Dem senator swipes credit for bill he opposed amid heated re-election bid: 'Disturbing pattern' ›
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“The kind of wave that comes once a generation when people have been pushed too far and they decide all at once, all together, that enough is enough,”
on the kind of voter backlash Ossoff says could reshape an election
USA Today 'Not running for president in 2028.' Why Ossoff doubles down amid rumors ›
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“Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate Mike Collins is a notorious bigot, antisemite, and extremist currently under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars”
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“They’re both corrupt political insiders, and they’re both pro-war, pro-tariff and pro-cutting your healthcare. They’re both Trump puppets, and we’ll beat either one of them in November.”
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“Collins, who is only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman, voted to double health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians, for the Iran War, and for the Trump tariffs,”
on criticizing Rep. Collins's votes on health premiums, the Iran war and tariffs
Politics Republicans are still really worried about beating Jon Ossoff ›
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“My two opponents: a congressman who's only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman and a coach who's only a coach because his daddy was a coach,”
USA Today Trump backs GOP lawmaker in Georgia runoff as Republicans try to unseat Ossoff ›
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“Here’s what’s going to happen tonight: the world’s most famous sore loser will deliver a prime time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his six-year-old grievances about the 2020 election”
on Trump's primetime speech expected to revisit 2020 election grievances
The Guardian Democratic senator says Trump speech likely to be more ‘election denialism’ from ‘world’s most famous sore loser’ – as it happened ›
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“Isn’t it humiliating to be unable to answer this question? To have to indulge the president’s delusions?”
on Clayton's refusal to affirm the 2020 election outcome
The Intercept Intel Pick Jay Clayton Won’t Tell Congress Whether Trump Ordered Subpoenas of NYT Journalists ›
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“The first time you learned that Director Gabbard was present at that raid was in my office yesterday?”
on when Clayton learned Gabbard attended the election records FBI raid
MSNBC With Trump’s election integrity address looming, Clayton dodges Democrats’ questions ›
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“When he’s not posting, he’s been trying to rob us. Have you seen it?”
on Trump using presidency for personal financial gain
ABC News Sen. Ossoff fuels reelection campaign with attacks on Trump ›
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“the most corrupt administration of all time”
Associated Press Sen. Ossoff fuels reelection campaign with attacks on Trump ›
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“We've seen 300,000 Georgians lose health coverage in the last six months because they couldn't find room in the budget for health insurance. But they've got room in the budget for a tungsten mine overseas, controlled in part by Prince Don and Prince Eric”
on cutting health coverage while funding mining ventures benefiting Trump's sons
Truthout Trump’s and Commerce Secretary’s Sons Set to Profit From Tungsten Mining Deal ›
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“build his ballroom and travel with Natalie”
The Guardian Who is Natalie Harp? Trump’s closest and most devoted aide is in the spotlight ›
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“I don’t think anything illustrates the times more aptly than that the draft-dodging, crook president, who has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win, tried to imprison this man, who embodies American heroism”
on Ossoff attacking Trump after he called for Mark Kelly's arrest
The Guardian US senator Jon Ossoff condemns Trump as ‘draft-dodging, crook president’ ›
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“He golfs and trades stocks. See, he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the amir of Qatar.”
The Guardian US senator Jon Ossoff condemns Trump as ‘draft-dodging, crook president’ ›
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“Obviously, the president has no power to do that, but he does have the power to try to intimidate people. He's demonstrated his will to abuse power.”
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“There is a debt unpaid. I think it is a very, very difficult question: how to pay it,”
Fox News Unearthed interview exposes Dem senator's past support for reparations: 'There is a debt unpaid' ›
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“Our military service members and their families make huge sacrifices for the country, and it’s a travesty how they’re being treated by privatized housing contractors in Georgia and nationwide,”
Fox News Dem senator swipes credit for bill he opposed amid heated re-election bid: 'Disturbing pattern' ›
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