Vulnerable Senator Jon Ossoff’s anti-Israel positions are losing him support among Jewish Democrats in Georgia, according to the New York Times. Ossoff is up for re-election in 2026.
“Jon Ossoff hoped his silence in the face of rising antisemitism from his Party and support of a Bernie Sanders amendment blocking weapons from Israel would go unnoticed,” said NRSC communications director Joanna Rodriguez. “Instead it will clearly have lasting consequences. Georgians deserve a real champion, not a coward like Ossoff who stands against Israel and has to be begged by grieving parents to fight for murdered young Georgians like Rose Lubin and Laken Riley.”
More from the New York Times:
- “Now, some of his fellow Jewish Democrats have not only turned on him — they are also encouraging the most formidable Republican who could challenge him in next year’s marquee Senate race, Gov. Brian Kemp, to do just that.”
- “’I just feel like he’s somewhat disconnected from where our community is, given post-Oct. 7,” said one Jewish Democrat from Atlanta.
- “Mr. Lubin’s 20-year-old daughter, Rose, was killed while serving as a Border Police officer in Israel. Mr. Ossoff sponsored a resolution in her memory — but only, Mr. Lubin noted, after he had reached out and asked the senator ‘very strongly’ to do so.”