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\n Sen. Jon Ossoff stood next to Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on Tuesday and delivered the kind of anti-Trump broadside that has become a campaign signature, marking the latest round in an escalating feud with the White House.\n <\/p>\n

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\n \u201cI don\u2019t think anything illustrates the times more aptly than that the draft-dodging, crook president, who has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win, tried to imprison this man, who embodies American heroism,\u201d Ossoff said, referring to Kelly\u2019s clash with the administration over his involvement in a video calling on military members to reject illegal orders.\n <\/p>\n

\n For months, Ossoff has followed a consistent pattern: hold one large campaign rally each month, tear into President Donald Trump and his GOP opponent with easily digestible soundbites, and let those barbs ricochet around the internet.\n <\/p>\n

\n Ossoff, who says he doesn\u2019t have social media apps on his own phone, has learned how to capture the attention economy in ways few other Democratic politicians have \u2013 aside from perhaps the viral videos of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani or Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It\u2019s part of what\u2019s thrust Ossoff to the fore of conversations about the 2028 presidential race \u2013 even though he insists he has no interest in pursuing that higher office and is instead focused on keeping his Senate seat.\n <\/p>\n

\n Ossoff has railed against Trump on corruption, high costs, and the war in Iran. His most viral critiques have typically focused on the president, but he\u2019s also painted his GOP opponent, Rep. Mike Collins, as a \u201cpuppet\u201d of Trump, referring to him on Tuesday as a \u201cscandal pinata.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The Democratic senator\u2019s most recent viral speech, which referenced close Trump aide Natalie Harp, set off a new political feud with the White House. The moment has drawn millions of views on the social media platform X.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWhile 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,\u201d Ossoff said at a campaign rally Sunday.\n <\/p>\n

\n He continued: \u201cHe doesn\u2019t 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,\u201d referring to Harp, the president\u2019s executive assistant. Ossoff did not mention Harp during his event on Tuesday.\n <\/p>\n

\n The initial comments drew swift backlash from the White House. Asked on Monday about Ossoff\u2019s remark regarding Harp, the president referred to the Georgia senator as \u201cPee Wee Herman,\u201d and White House communications director Steven Cheung called him \u201ca radical, extremist Dumocrat\u201d on social media.\n<\/p>\n

\n On Tuesday, Ossoff appeared alongside Kelly, who has captured national attention amid his own clash with Trump and Kelly\u2019s wife, Gabrielle Giffords, a former congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in 2011.\n <\/p>\n

\n While focused on Ossoff\u2019s reelection, the joint appearance by the prominent Democrats in Columbus, Georgia, also served as a window into what some Democrats might want as a future presidential ticket, even as Ossoff has repeatedly denied interest in a White House bid.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe are joined by these two extraordinary patriots and heroes,\u201d Ossoff said, joking, \u201cit\u2019s our pleasure to introduce you, desert folk, to humidity.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Kelly hit on many of the themes that have animated Ossoff\u2019s reelection campaign, accusing the Trump administration of abusing its power.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIf you\u2019re frustrated about them using the Department of Justice and weaponizing the government against its people, I really understand that. You probably saw I said something last November,\u201d he said, referring to the administration\u2019s pressure campaign over the military orders video.\n <\/p>\n

\n And the two sat for an extended conversation, sharing their concerns, hammering Trump, and calling voters to action. \u201cI would address the president\u2019s few remaining supporters to contrast his promises with the results you\u2019ve been delivered, and to vote accordingly,\u201d Ossoff said.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Ossoff and his advisers have adopted a cautious, arms-length approach to 2028 speculation, attempting to distance him from those conversations. He\u2019s repeatedly expressed \u201czero interest\u201d in a potential run for higher office, saying his focus is on the Senate race under way.\n <\/p>\n

\n In an interview on MS NOW Monday night, Ossoff said, \u201cI have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Kelly \u2013 among those vetted as a contender tojoin the 2024 ticket with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris \u2013 has said more about his deliberations, acknowledging his interest in several public forums but maintaining that he\u2019s undecided on whether to launch a bid. \u201cI have not made a decision. I have thought about it, but no decision yet,\u201d he told New Hampshire broadcaster WMUR during a visit to the key presidential primary state earlier this year.\n <\/p>\n

\n But enthusiasm abounds within the party for both senators, who have drawn praise for their communications talent and who have won hotly contested races in once reliable red states.\n <\/p>\n

\n And although he is attempting to tamp down 2028 speculation, a 2026 win by Ossoff in a battleground state like Georgia could boost his status as a contender for the White House.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cToo often, Democrats either drive conflict or drive message. Ossoff does both. He needles Trump constantly so he gets attention, but every jab lands on the consequences of corruption. You never get the punchline without the point,\u201d said Jesse Ferguson, a veteran Democratic strategist.\n <\/p>\n

\n Ossoff is the only Senate Democrat running for reelection in a state Trump won in 2024, making him the most vulnerable incumbent Democrat in this cycle. He\u2019s emerged on strong footing in his race against Collins, which Democrats are banking on as they hope to reclaim the majority in November.\n <\/p>\n

\n A Fox News poll conducted in June showed Ossoff up 13 points over Collins, though strategists in both parties expect the contest to tighten in the closing months. Ossoff remains one of the Democratic party\u2019s most prolific fundraisers. He\u2019s hauled in a total of $77.2 million since the beginning of last year and ended June with a $42.6 million war chest.\n <\/p>\n

\n Ossoff has carefully navigated the complicated debate playing out about the direction of the Democratic Party, even as Collins and Republicans have attempted to tie him to the democratic socialist movement.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI don\u2019t spend much time thinking about factional, Democratic politics,\u201d he told CNN in June, saying that while the divide exists, \u201cit exists more in those places and for those people and groups for whom the Democratic primary is the horizon of politics.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The senator has also garnered support from across the aisle, with two Republican mayors in the state recently endorsing his candidacy over Collins. He referenced their backing on Tuesday, part of an extended critique of his GOP opponent.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cYou may have seen the conservative Republican mayor of Valdosta is now on this team. The Republican mayor of Tifton, Georgia, is now on this team, and there will be more new bipartisan friends joining us in the weeks ahead because this is a campaign for everybody who longs for decency and sanity and competence and quality public service,\u201d Ossoff said.\n <\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s a must-win race, both for Ossoff\u2019s future and the Democratic Party\u2019s hopes of retaking the Senate. Kelly framed it as such on Tuesday.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThis is ground zero for us winning back the majority. We do not win back the majority if Jon Ossoff is not reelected,\u201d the Arizona senator said.\n <\/p>\n

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