New reporting reveals that after months of remaining silent on Graham Platner and his scandals, Jon Ossoff only condemned Platner after Chuck Schumer and the Democrats’ Senate campaign arm gave Ossoff permission to do so. Ossoff refused to denounce Platner before, “sticking with the response he has used previously when asked about Platner: He’s focused on his own reelection fight in Georgia.”
“Just like Jon Ossoff’s vote on the Laken Riley Act, Ossoff only speaks up when it serves himself and his political ambitions,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Nick Puglia.
Ossoff has refused to denounce every Graham Platner scandal, including:
- Multiple women accusing Platner of abuse, harassment, and threatening behavior.
- Telling rape victims to “take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f*cked up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to.”
- Had a Nazi tattoo that he referred to as “my Totenkopf” for years.
- Using an active account on the “predator’s Paradise” app, Kik.
- Mocking a U.S. solider shot by the Taliban saying, “dumb motherf*cker didn’t deserve to live.”
- Calling rural white Americans racist and stupid.
- Saying that cops are “opportunistic cowards” and “bastards.”
Ossoff conveniently condemned Platner only after Schumer had finally abandoned him.
Read the timeline here or below.
…At 7:01 p.m., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., released a joint statement: “The allegations reported today are incredibly disturbing—violence, abuse, and sexual assault are absolutely unacceptable.”
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[8:16pm] Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said, “Mr. Platner should withdraw his candidacy for the Senate.”