Jon Ossoff calls Trump and Stephen Miller ‘small men’ at Atlanta rally
At a campaign rally in Atlanta, Sen. Jon Ossoff criticized Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Stephen Miller, arguing that Americans’ greatness comes from ideas-not “blood or genes.” He framed the U.S. as a shared people united by convictions, not ethnicity, and highlighted Democratic priorities including the rising cost of living, especially insurance premiums and childcare costs, as well as Medicaid expansion.
Ossoff also attacked his Georgia Senate runoff rivals-Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) and Derek Dooley-calling both “Trump puppets,” and said he and newly allied Democratic nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms are building a “once-a-generation” political wave. The rally, their first campaign together, comes ahead of a June 16 runoff between Collins and Dooley after the May 20 primary.
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said Sunday at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, that ‘small men like’ President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and White House senior advisor Stephen Miller will never understand that Americans’ greatness flows “through our ideas” rather than “our blood or our genes.”
The remark was delivered at an energetic rally at The Tabernacle alongside former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who recently became the Democratic nominee in the state’s gubernatorial race. The pair of Democrats has started campaigning together as their respective Republican opponents in the Senate and gubernatorial races compete in primary runoff elections.
“Americans are not a race, we’re a people,” Ossoff said. “United not by ethnicity, but by our shared convictions, and that is what makes us exceptional and a beacon to the world.”
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Ossoff spent much of the rally discussing the rising cost of living and Trump, saying the president is a “national disgrace” after chastising him for posting over 50 times on Truth Social Saturday night. “He’s building a monument to himself,” Ossoff said to an often-cheering crowd, “because no one will honor him when he’s gone.”
Through guest speakers, Ossoff’s campaign specifically highlighted rising insurance premiums and childcare costs, and Democrats “also repeatedly tied their message to Medicaid expansion.”
The Democrat said his two Republican counterparts, Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) and former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, are both “Trump puppets.” A runoff will be held on June 16 between the two candidates. Collins and Dooley received 40% and 30% of the vote, respectively, in the May 20 primary, while Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) received one-quarter of the votes.
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Ossoff sought to rally supporters around the idea that he and Bottoms are leaders of a growing political movement in the state, saying that “a wave is building” in Atlanta, “the kind of wave that comes once a generation.” The rally is the first time the pair has campaigned together.
Ossoff is one of only a handful of Democratic senators representing states Trump won in 2024. Sen. Cory Booker recently said that Ossoff is a Democratic Party leader who has been “stepping up,” while Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) on Sunday touted a Democratic revival in southern states.
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