A top Democratic strategist from the Obama White House contended that Sen.Jon Ossoff’s latest shot at President Donald Trump was "gratuitous and unnecessary."The Georgia Democrat, who has grown his profile throughout his re-election campaign during this midterm cycle to new heights that have him in the conversation for the 2028 presidential race, recently went viral for his remarks while on the trail where he went after Trump.Ossoff was blasting Trump for the war in Iran and the record-breaking deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East when the lawmaker pivoted to a new foe: the president’s executive assistant Natalie Harp.FOX NEWS POLL: AN EARLY LOOK AT THE GEORGIA SENATE RACESen.
Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks to members of the media during the opening of the Democratic Party of Georgia's South DeKalb Field Office and canvass kickoff in Decatur on May 23, 2026.(Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings.
He golfs and trades stocks," Ossoff said."So he doesn’t want to do the job.
He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar."The comment received strong pushback from Trump, his allies and family, and Ossoff’s opponent, Rep.Mike Collins, R-Ga., but also drew the ire of a major figure in the Democratic Party: David Axelrod, who was a key player in getting former President Barack Obama elected for two terms and served as his senior advisor.While Axelrod applauded Ossoff’s previous "eloquent or incisive" attacks against Trump, he warned that mentioning Harp may not have been warranted.JON OSSOFF DODGES ON WHY HE INVOKED TRUMP AIDE'S NAME DURING GEORGIA CAMPAIGN RALLY"The paragraph from his weekend speech that has gotten so much attention was a brutal takedown," Axelrod said on X.
"But two words in it, ‘with Natal...