Sen. Jon Ossoff held a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, where he went after the abject corruption of the Republican Party, from President Donald Trump down to his GOP challenger, Rep. Mike Collins, who is facing multiple ethics investigations over alleged misuse of funds.
“Speaking of crooks,” Ossoff began. “Now remember, Mike’s already under federal investigation for illegally funneling tax dollars to his violent staffer’s girlfriend for a no-show job. Do you remember that? But Mike Collins also repeatedly broke the law, hiding his crypto trading. ‘Cause he’s like a scandal piñata: Every time you shake him, more misdeeds fall out.”
Collins has reportedly made nearly a million dollars in uncannily timed market trades of cryptocurrency over the last couple of years. But as Ossoff reminded the audience, Collins is simply following in the footsteps of the most corrupt and incompetent president of our lifetime.
“While the sailors on the [USS] Lincoln fight his war, while [Trump] fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings,” Ossoff said, pointing to Trump’s pattern for spending most of his time in office playing golf, trading stocks, and surrounding himself with yes-men (and women). “He doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with [assistant] Natalie [Harp] on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar.”
Predictions over Ossoff’s chances to retain his Senate seat in November are positive, and while he has said he has no aspirations for higher office, he has steadily been making the case for himself as a candidate for 2028.
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