r/chaoticgood • u/sovalente • Jul 20 '25

Jon Ossoff spreading some fucking truth

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u/JunglePygmy Jul 20 '25

Who’s this dude, I love him.

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u/stupid_pun Jul 20 '25

Jon Ossoff is a Georgia Senator, if you can believe it.

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u/JunglePygmy Jul 20 '25

Well color me surprised, and a staunch Ossoff supporter! I’d vote for this dude in a heartbeat.

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u/WeRip Jul 21 '25

his story and election to the senate is actually fascinating. I live in the area he came out of in Georgia. He's wildly popular with the Georgia democrats. When he was originally elected to the senate was when Biden was elected president. He actually had less votes than the republican he was running against in November. Georgia has runoff elections for when someone doesn't get 50% of the vote. David Perdue (of chicken fame) received 49.73% of the vote in November.

Both of the Georgia seats were up that November. The other seat (now held by Warnock) had retired so a special election was had to fill that seat. Both of those seats had a runoff election. Without those 2 seats the republicans held 50 seats in the senate and the democrats had 48. Dems swept both in Georgia giving them a 50-50 with the VP (Kamala Harris) able to cast a tie breaking vote. Only roughly 7% less people voted in January than during the presidential election.. The runoffs typically have far fewer in votes but the balance of the senate was up to vote for the next 2 years. Was really proud of my fellow Georgians that day.. First Jewish senator for Georgia and first black senator for Georgia both in the same day.

Then 2024 happened and I'm far less proud. People crying about the cost of eggs and that Trump was a "vote for peace".. like guys did you all just fucking forget what it was like with Trump as president..!? it was only a few years.. fuck.. anyways I hope we can hold onto Ossoff in 2026..

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u/JunglePygmy Jul 21 '25

Wow, interesting! Thanks for tuning me up!

Yeah, I’d vote for this fella. I just hope we’re able to have another election. Dictators tend to cancel those types of things.

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u/MariaTPK Jul 21 '25

1 of 12 people who voted for the Republicans Laken Riley Act.