Jon Ossoff & his slutty little glasses are already our summertime political crush

Ossoff for president, anyone?

A hot man and his “slutty little glasses” may be taking over our feeds for the second straight summer. Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff, always one to light up the cameras, looks great in eyewear.

Channeling Jonathan Bailey, the handsome Dem has been known to brandish specs at Senate hearings. A journalist named Seema Jilani concluded that Ossoff looks like the stoic and dreamy savior of our dreams, and it’s hard to disagree.

“He is giving hot Atticus Finch here,” she said, referencing the fictional legal hero.

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Despite the GOP’s gross gerrymandering, Democrats remain favored to flip the House in November. But the Senate, where the bias towards rural states gives Republicans a built-in electoral advantage, has always been a tougher prospect. Still, with Tr*mp’s approval rating at a low, Democrats have a chance to regain control of the upper chamber.

But that would likely require all Dem incumbents to hold onto their seats. For years, Ossoff was viewed as one of the party’s most vulnerable members. A political unknown, he narrowly won a run-off in January 2021 on the heels of Joe Biden’s Georgia victory and an insurmountable blue wave.

But after the country’s rightward swing in ’24, Ossoff seemed to be in jeopardy. Tr*mp carried Georgia by 2%, once again coloring the Southern state and long-time GOP stronghold in red.

Then he started governing for the sole benefit of himself, his family and his allies. And few Democrats have been more effective at calling out Tr*mp’s grotesque corruption than Ossoff.

For months, he’s been reading Tr*mp and his cronies to filth… with or without his slutty little accessories (more recently, it’s been without).

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His preferred setting is behind a lectern, where he can stand tall and blast Tr*mp in his authoritative baritone. Ossoff was one of the first politicians to label Tr*mp and his billionaire boosters members of the “Epstein class.”

As the Epstein Files show, business and finance tycoons don’t view themselves as part of a collective project. They only want to enrich themselves.

“We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich,” he said at a notable speech in February. “It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.”

Since then, Tr*mp’s corruption has only become more brazen. The latest atrocity is the creation of a $1.8 billion, taxpayer-funded slush fund for his allies, supporters and J6ers. The New York Times has called it the biggest presidential corruption scandal in history.

For the last decade, Democrats have largely countered Tr*mp’s deplorable and often illegal actions with stern letters and finger wagging. Ossoff, who’s the youngest member of the Senate at 39, offers a message with far more force.

At a recent rally, he said a Democratic majority would come armed with “gavels and subpoenas.”

On MS Now last night, Ossoff challenged his eventual Republican opponent in November to defend Tr*mp’s corrupt use of taxpayer dollars.

“I am running in Georgia against two Tr*mp lackeys who, you can rest assured as they race for the President’s approval, would be voting for this crooked ballroom and this insurrectionist slush fund,” he said.

Speaking of November, Ossoff is set to face either Rep. Mike Collins or Rep. Buddy Carter, two diehard MAGA bootlickers. They are heading towards what promises to be a contested run-off.

Meanwhile, Ossoff received more votes in his uncontested primary on Tuesday than all of the Republican candidates combined.

If Ossoff pulls off a win this year, he will most certainly be billed as a presidential front-runner. In recent months, Democrats have been rallying around the “vote for hot guys” election strategy, and it’s paid off in a big way. Ossoff certainly fits that mold.

Smart, young and hot? If only we didn’t need him in the Senate!

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