Posted on 04/18/2017 11:23:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
A quick follow-up to our post this morning, featuring liberal 30-year-old Congressional wannabe Jon Ossoff's rocky interview on CNN today, in which he was pressed on the fact that he doesn't even live inside the district he wants to represent. No big deal, he says, explaining that he's supporting his girlfriend's medical education by residing 'down the road:'
It's not an altogether terrible answer, although I'm not sure 'I'm living outside of the district to be with my girlfriend of 12 years' is an especially resonant explanation for suburban Georgians who may view him as under-experienced and too liberal. He also refers to his family living "there" (in GA-06), as opposed to "here." The Federalist's Sean Davis snarks that it's fitting how Ossoff has become a cause celebre among liberals who live somewhere other than the state of Georgia:
So the guy who's gotten 95% of his money from out of state doesn't even live in his district? Shocker. https://t.co/ZfDXdtoUv5— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 18, 2017
As Leah noted earlier, President Trump tweeted about the race again today:
Allahpundit wondered if this could be a net negative for Republicans, but Ed Morrissey disagreed, pointing out that Trump's last-minute involvement in KS-04 appears to have helped pull a flawed Republican candidate over the finish line. Ed is right, but the Kansas district was far more pro-Trump in the November election than the Georgia district. I still suspect that the president's attention to the race will help boost GOP turnout, whereas Democratic intensity is already sky high. For what it's worth, Jeff from Decision Desk HQ predicts that Ossoff will slightly over-perform his average polling position (low 40's), but needs to top Hillary's percentage in the district (nearly 47 percent) to be viable in a runoff. And if you plan to follow the results tonight, this guide from FiveThirtyEight is pretty handy:
Put together a GA-6 guide https://t.co/y16FlZMEq6 Has (but not limited to) a guide for understanding polls. Also has county/precinct guides. pic.twitter.com/a8hYc8kLqd— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) April 18, 2017
Parting thought: Even if Democrats score a big win tonight, in what possible way would that deliver a "knockout blow" to the president?
Dems looking to deliver knockout blow to Trump in Georgia special election: https://t.co/uRhxK5gjsc pic.twitter.com/yfGVWMMdOu— The Hill (@thehill) April 18, 2017
If this peckerhead doesn’t get at least 50%+1 vote, he goes to a runoff. If that happens, I suspect he’s toast.
>>I’m still trying to get past girlfriend.
I know.. why don’t they just say “beard” like everyone else...
Noob. Jewish? I smell ozone.
Isn’t this illegal to run in a district u don’t live in?
only if you are a republican...
LOL. I’ll bet he’s one of those dorks that camps out in front of the theater in between Star Wars movies. Orders tickets online six months before each release. What a clown.
We have a Senator from Oregon...who lives in New York...wyden...I call him Ronny boy on his twitter account
“Isn’t this illegal to run in a district u don’t live in?”
No, it’s not. It’s not as uncommon as one would think in the US House.
He doesn't care, because if he steals the election, he'll be representing Pelosi, SChmuckie Schumer, and the muzzie kenyan Hussein 0bama, NOT Georgia!
His girlfriend of 12 years, eh ?
Any word on turnout or exit polling?
There are groups of folks in this country who align themselves as liberal, hardcore liberal, and vote straight democrat down to the last man, woman and lizard. I hate liberals. Can’t stand them.
“Wouldn’t that be unconstitutional?”
No. The Constitution requires that U.S. Representatives be inhabitants, as of the day of their election, of the *state* (not the district) that they represent. So the only inhabitancy requirement that he has is that he must be a resident of the State of Georgia, which requirement he meets; heck, he could live in Savannah and still be elected constitutionally to represent the GA-06. He won’t be able to vote for himself, though.
Of course, this won’t matter in the end, since he won’t win a majority of the vote today nor in the run-off.
I remember when living sin was enough to keep his kind out of office.
Good times.
Hopefully Ossoff blows off $10 million in campaign funds and leaves the looney left more despondent leading into the 2018 midterms.
The left is desperately trying to get their next ‘win’, to start a Trump fatigue narrative. They just tried this in a special election in Kansas and failed.
Is this legal?
Is this legal?
He’ll be lucky to get past 43%. Choose your GOP opponent wisely and you’ll do fine.
Yes. You just have to live on the state.
Here is an example from 2016.
When the North Carolina congressional districts were redrawn in 2016, the 2nd was made significantly more compact, losing much of its territory near Greensboro. It now took in a large chunk of the area represented by the former 13th district, forcing Ellmers into a primary challenge with George Holding, whose former district number was moved to the Triad area of North Carolina. Ellmers contended that Holding wasn’t qualified to run in the district since he lived just outside its borders. However, the new 2nd was geographically more Holding’s district than Ellmers’.[26] In the June 7th primary, she lost her primary campaign to Holding by an almost 30 point margin,
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