Why Republicans should fear Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff
Republicans have a lot of things to worry about after their catastrophic 2026 midterm, and one of them might be Jon Ossoff, the newly reelected Democratic senator from Georgia. The presidential buzz had begun even before Ossoff won reelection by 18 points in purplish Georgia, and will get more intense now. Perhaps he doesn’t run — and the odds are probably against it — but Ossoff is exactly the kind of vehicle and message that Democrats should be looking for. He has proven success in a swing state, isn’t aggressively woke, is a forceful communicator and is a fierce Trump critic on the safest possible political grounds of corruption and the president’s out-of-touch obsessions. The political trick for a Democrat running for the nomination in 2028 is to find a way to placate the left, without giving in to all of its unpopular policy and cultural commitments.The risk of relative moderation in a primary battle is that a candidate can come across as dull, wishy-washy and uninterested in taking the fight to the opposition, especially when compared to a full-throated progressive like an AOC or Abdul El-Sayed. In his Senate race, Ossoff squared this circle by producing viral clip after viral clip of pungent, well-crafted attacks on alleged Trump administration self-dealing.There was no doubt he was in the fight, while he was a pioneer of the argument that corruption is the reason people are struggling in their everyday lives. This a nonexistent connection, but there’s no doubting its emotional resonance. Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Never miss a story.“Corruption,” he said on the campaign trail, “is why nothing works for ordinary people.
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