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Jon Ossoff denies presidential ambitions. He should reconsider. 69%
By Emily Singer83%
7/23/2026, 5:01:00 PM
Topics: US Senate, Presidential Campaigns
BS Summary: This article contains 29 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 45.9% saturation with 288 hits. Analysis detected 2,156 faulty-reasoning hits from 628 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 62.3% and a BS Rank of 69% (6,807 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 68.90% of the article peer group.
Democratic Sen.
Jon Ossoff of Georgia says he has no plans to run for president in 2028 and that he is instead focused on his current reelection battle in the Peach State.
“I am not running for president in 2028.
I have no interest in running for president in 2028,” Ossoff told CNN in June.
Of course, that’s the smart thing to say when you’re up for reelection.
Admitting you are already looking for a new job as you are running for your current one is bad politics.
But if Ossoff is indeed uninterested in a bid to one day inhabit the heap of rubble that 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is swiftly becoming, then he should reconsider.
In recent weeks, Ossoff has proven himself to be one of Democrats’ strongest communicators, going viral with his speeches and media hits.
Repeatedly, he has demonstrated a remarkable ability to boil down Trump’s unfathomable corruption into easy-to-understand soundbites tailored for a national campaign.
“There’s a culture of corruption in this White House, and there’s a reason more and more people are calling this the ‘Mar-a-Lago mafia,’” Ossoff told reporters last week.
“The president has pocketed billions of dollars personally while he has driven the cost of living for American families to record highs.”
“There was a report just in the last few days that the president may have accepted $2 million from a company under active trade investigation by the U.S. government,” he continued.
“And I think part of the reason the president so fears defeat in these midterm elections is the prospect of accountability being imposed by the United States Congress under Democratic control.”
He has blasted Trump as a "failed president and a national disgrace.”
“He’s trying to put his face on the money,” Ossoff said in May.
“He’s building a monument to himself.
… He’s doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone.
Because he’s a failed president and a national disgrace.
Ossoff has also helped popularize the term "the Epstein class," which ties Trump and his Cabinet members to the now-deceased sex offender who palled around with many of the country’s wealthiest and most powerful people.
And he was one of the most effective questioners at a Senate hearing this week, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was making the case for Congress to give him tens of billions of dollars more for the war in Iran.
“They are the elites they pretend to hate,” Ossoff said earlier this year, regarding Trump and the members of his administration.
Ossoff’s disciplined messaging has made him the favorite to win reelection this November.
It also helps that he’s facing a white supremacist-adjacent opponent in Mike Collins, a Republican congressman.
In fact, a poll released by AARP on Thursday showed Ossoff with a 9-percentage-point lead among likely voters.
If the final result is anything close to that in a reddish-purple state like Georgia, Ossoff will immediately be rocketed into the discussion about Democrats’ 2028 options.
Seeing Ossoff’s star rise, pollsters have added him to the list of names they are surveying for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.
Emerson College included Ossoff in their newest poll of 2028 contenders for the first time, and found him tied for third place with New York Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with 13% support.
They only slightly lagged figures former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (19%) and California Gov.
Gavin Newsom (17%), both of whom have high national name recognition.
Not bad for a guy who has not actively thrust his name into the 2028 conversion.
Ultimately, Democratic voters have been yearning for younger, more charismatic leaders willing to stand up to Trump and the GOP.
Ossoff has been proving that he fits that bill.
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