Posted on 12/24/2020 7:31:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Georgi Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff has come under fire for refusing to disclose details about his personal finances and investments, including media deals he made with state-owned news outlets in Qatar and China.
The 33-year-old trust fund Democrat is facing GOP Sen. David Perdue in one of two crucial Peach State races which will decide whether Democrats control the upper chamber of Congress, as the New York Post reports.
On the campaign trail, Ossoff touts himself as a crusader against corruption who has produced hard-hitting documentaries on fraud in countries like Ghana through his production company, Insight: The World Investigates.
But the Atlanta-born former congressional aide has refused to be transparent about his own personal finances.
Ossoff has been silent on the $250,000 loan he made to the company when he became CEO at age 26 in 2013, or the undisclosed donation he made when he became majority owner, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Questions have also arisen over how much money the Democratic darling has accepted from China and Qatar after he brokered deals with a Hong Kong news agency and Qatar-backed Al Jazeera to air two of his films on the Islamic State. -New York Post
Ossoff says it's no big deal because his films were sold to Al Jazeera English, not the Arabic version - both of which are still owned and controlled by Qatar. He also says that he 'only' received $1,000 in broadcast rights from a Hong Kong company which Perdue says is "a Communist Chinese news agency."
The Senate hopeful, who also refuses to release his tax returns (which we guess is ok now), also won't say how much he inherited from his grandfather - a figure the Washington Post estimates is in the millions. According to his personal disclosure fund, he's worth somewhere between $2.3 million and $8 million - while he told the Post that the details of his company, which he stepped away from in 2017 for an unsuccessful Congressional run, are "confidential."
Wealth has become a central issue in the two Georgia Senate runoff races as Democratic challengers look to topple Perdue, 71, and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican lawmaker involved in this year’s stock trading controversy.
An investigation ultimately cleared Loeffler of any wrongdoing after she dumped millions of dollars worth of stock following a private briefing for senators on COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic.
Perdue is also one of Congress’ most prolific traders and with a net worth of $15.8 million, is one of the wealthiest members of the Senate. -New York Post
Republicans have taken to describing Ossoff as a "trust fund socialist" with "zero real-life accomplishments."
Now, we REALLY want to know more about it.
Well Jon?....We’re waiting!
Hopefully this is actually getting widespread news coverage...although the timing of it going to Christmas weekend isn't the best for this to be breaking out now.
He will win by millions and millions of votes.
Because why not?
I’m in Georgia right now...north Georgia, formerly a Trump stronghold...and there’s lots of Ossoff signs and none for the GOPers.
Then when I turned on Netflix at the VRBO where I’m staying, at least 5 minutes on every half hour were occupied by Ossoff ads, focusing either on older white men with trucks or middle class, middle aged white housewives. There were some blacks thrown in, saying how terrified they were by the racists who seem to be everywhere (in their minds), but most of the ads were a pitch for Trump voters. And it seems to be working.
That’s what I was thinking of. Ted Knight asks the question.
Is the entire Democratic Party in cahoots with Red China? It sure seems that way.
Hollywood and China has taken over GA. The Left couldn’t take over TX so they decided to hone in on GA instead for now.
The Republican senate candidates had a golden opportunity to electrify their base by fighting the voter fraud, standing with Trump, and demanding the illegal Biden votes get tossed. Instead they played it boring and weak like they are trying to lose. I’m sick of dignified losers.
.... but most of the ads were a pitch for Trump voters. And it seems to be working.
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Why would a Trump voter vote for a socialist?
These ads try to make the Dems look like the friend of the (white) working man. Apparently, some men - and their wives - are falling for it,
They did have a chance and as usual they blew it. I agree. But conservatives and GOPers have got to get our candidates elected no matter what, like them or not. Otherwise the Dem majorities will mean instant tyranny.
I don’t live or vote in Georgia, and I only happen to be here for Christmas with family. So I don’t know all the insider details, so to speak. But it’s a little surprising, probably even to people who have always lived in Georgia, that suddenly the state has become ground zero for this battle.
Our side doesn’t fight outside of POTUS Trump. The GOP is basically handing the two Senate seats to the DNC.
Repeating due to technical difficulty somewhere while originally posting.
Perhaps Ossoff “swings” both ways - supporting Qatar, a supporter of Islamic terrorist groups as well as supporting Communist Red China while it attempts to conquer the world, including the U.S.
Time to remove him from the “body politique” and hope that God removes his body from this earth.
I agree with you that we have to try to get these to GOP weasels elected in Georgia. I live in the orbit of Columbus, Georgia and Fort Benning but on the Alabama side of the river so I can’t vote in this contest unless I go sign up with Stacy’s people.
Well, gee. Ossoff certainly looks like the typical Democrat bisexual pansy boy. If this guy wins in Georgia you KNOW the election was rigged.
Ossoff is another democrat - trust fund socialist with zero real-life accomplishments.
Another cheap and easy China pet.
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