Sen.Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is being accused by Georgia’s top child welfare official of using vulnerable children and the state's embattled foster care system for campaign credit after releasing a new ad touting his work on the state’s troubled system.Georgia Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS) Director Candice Broce criticized the new foster care-focused ad released last week as the Georgia Democrat seeks re-election in one of the nation’s most closely watched races.
In the ad, titled "Our Kids," Ossoff highlights "a scathing report" and "yearlong bipartisan investigation" alongside Sen.Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., into the Georgia foster care system. Ossoff presents his probe and new legislation as part of his record protecting children and holding the system accountable.
However, Broce says the Democrat is overstating his role and turning a serious child welfare issue into a political victory lap."For five years, I’ve been in the trenches fighting for vulnerable children and foster care reform alongside thousands of DFCS workers.Trust us when we say Jon Ossoff is nowhere to be found," Broce said in a post on X.
"Ossoff didn’t get more funding for DFCS after calling us incompetent and resource-strapped.He didn’t secure more federal support for child advocacy centers despite the State’s requests."FOX NEWS POLL: AN EARLY LOOK AT THE GEORGIA SENATE RACESen.
Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., recently released an ad titled 'Our Kids' touting his work reforming mismanagement and neglect in his state's foster care system.(Getty Images)"He didn’t fix federal law putting group homes out of business," she continued.
"He hasn’t streamlined adoptions for kids placed with loving families.Jon’s ad sounds great, but his words are meaningless to the men and women in the arena."Ossoff's team fired back, however, calling Broce an "unqualified partisan political hack" and accusing her of "dangerous incompetence." They pointed to Ossoff's oversight work highlighted...