Vice President JD Vance (R) recently held a rally in Peachtree City, GA to discuss American manufacturing and the long-term benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). During the event, he criticized Senator Jon Ossoff (D), who responded by accusing the Vice President of running damage control and ‘defending the indefensible.’
Vance criticized the Senator for failing to properly represent Georgians by voting against their interests. He then expressed confidence that Ossoff would be unseated in the senatorial election of 2026.
Ossoff got ahead of Vance and made several remarks the day before the rally in Georgia. He first appeared on MSNBC and heavily criticized him for defending the cuts made in the OBBB.
The Senator claimed that the agenda of the OBBB is deeply unpopular and stated, “Vance is being sent on this little errand to come and play defense in Georgia, defending a bill they can’t defend, trying to sell the unsellable.”
Ossoff held a press event on the same day to reiterate his position on Vance coming to Georgia. He stated, “To be very frank, I think that the Vice President is coming on a damage control mission, because defunding hospitals and nursing homes to cut taxes for the wealthiest people in the country is not popular here in Georgia.”
He explained how the hospital closures compound the crisis in Georgia that many people face when they need access to healthcare. He pointed to the number of hospitals that have closed in the last fifteen years and the 100,000 people who have lost Medicaid to make his point.
On the day of Vance’s rally, Ossoff held another press conference to make similar remarks and reiterate his criticisms. He called the rally ‘embarrassing’ and reasserted that Vance is purposefully trying to sell a policy that is detrimental to Georgians.
He stated, "I think it is embarrassing for the Vice President to be coming to Georgia to sell a policy that is already resulting in harm to hospitals ... Just this week, Evans Memorial Hospital in Southeast Georgia said that because of the bill that the Vice President is here to defend, they're going to have a $3.5 million financial hole next year.”
