Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) went on the offensive against Representative Mike Collins (R-GA) yesterday while delivering remarks to Beulah Missionary Baptist Church.
How did Sen. Ossoff attack Rep. Collins? The Senator targeted the Republican nominee for his loyalty to President Trump and accused him of holding extremist views related to the 2020 general election.
What Sen. Jon Ossoff had to say:
- “The election deniers, they tell a lie so absurd and therefore so debasing to tell, that the act of telling it proves the teller’s total and humiliating submission. You may have seen that one of those election deniers now asks to represent Georgia in the Senate.”
- “The Congressman’s son, who supports war and cutting your health care and openly associates himself with bigotry and antisemitism, who defends the violent mob that sacked the Capitol on the morning of January 6th, 2021 – do you remember that morning, Beulah? To this day, this man makes excuses for those who carried out an attack to throw out your votes and install a defeated President.”
- “The hatred that Mike Collins promotes is a relic of the bad old days. Georgia’s spirit of tolerance will overwhelm and defeat bigotry, and our defense of voting rights will be so fierce that no plot against the franchise will foil the will of the people.”
Context: Sen. Ossoff will face off against Rep. Collins in November to defend his place in the U.S. Senate. The Senator waited to comment on his Republican opposition until the primary election.
Collins secured his position as the Republican nominee by defeating political outsider Derek Dooley with a ten-point advantage. The final tally was 55% to 45%.
Ossoff issued an official statement following this outcome, in which he repeated the same accusations and criticisms made yesterday.
Ossoff’s strategy thus far has been to frame Collins as someone too extreme to represent Georgia. By taking this position, he will likely frame himself as a moderate suited for representing the state.
Ironically, the Collins Campaign will likely promote a similar message by framing Ossoff as the democratic radical and Collins as the reasonable Republican.
