2026-08-18T18:51:18.394Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/politics/jon-ossoff-trump-kelly
当地时间周二，参议员乔恩·奥索夫与亚利桑那州参议员马克·凯利一同亮相，发表了已成为其竞选标志性言论的反特朗普激烈抨击，这标志着他与白宫的矛盾进一步升级。
“没有什么比这件事更能恰如其分地反映当下时局：这位逃避兵役的骗子总统，鲁莽地将我们国家拖入一场他既不知如何结束也不知如何取胜的战争，却试图监禁这位体现美国英雄主义的男子，”奥索夫说道，他所指的是凯利因参与一段呼吁军人抵制非法命令的视频而与政府产生的冲突。
数月来，奥索夫始终遵循一套固定模式：每月举办一场大型竞选集会，用通俗易懂的简短言论抨击唐纳德·特朗普总统及其共和党对手，让这些尖锐批评在互联网上传播开来。
奥索夫称自己的手机上没有社交媒体应用，但他学会了如何在注意力经济中抢占先机，这一点鲜有其他民主党政客能做到——或许除了纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼或众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹的 viral 视频。这也是奥索夫跻身2028年总统竞选相关讨论的原因之一——尽管他坚称自己无意竞选更高职位，而是专注于保住自己的参议院席位。
奥索夫曾就腐败、高通胀和伊朗战争问题抨击特朗普。他最广为传播的批评通常针对总统本人，但他也将共和党对手、众议员迈克·柯林斯描绘成特朗普的“傀儡”，并在周二称其为“丑闻挂饰”。
这位民主党参议员最近一段提及特朗普亲信娜塔莉·哈普的 viral 演讲引发了与白宫的新一轮政治矛盾。这段视频在社交媒体平台X上获得了数百万次观看。
“当林肯号航母上的水手们为他的战争浴血奋战，当他徒劳地耗尽我们的弹药和石油储备时，这位总统却在会议上睡觉、打高尔夫球、买卖股票，”奥索夫在周日的竞选集会上说道。
他继续说道：“他不想履行总统职责。他只想建造自己的舞厅，和娜塔莉一起乘坐卡塔尔埃米尔赠送的、显然毫无防御能力的飞行宫殿四处旅行，”他指的是总统的行政助理哈普。奥索夫在周二的活动中并未提及哈普。
这番最初的言论随即招致白宫的强烈反击。周一被问及奥索夫有关哈普的言论时，总统称这位佐治亚州参议员为“皮威·赫尔曼”，白宫通讯主任史蒂文·张在社交媒体上称他为“激进的极端民主党人”。
周二，奥索夫与凯利一同亮相，凯利因与特朗普以及凯利的妻子、2011年遇袭幸存的前众议员加布里埃尔·吉福兹的冲突而受到全国关注。
尽管此次活动的重点是奥索夫的连任竞选，但这两位知名民主党人在佐治亚州哥伦布市的联合亮相，也折射出一些民主党人对未来总统候选人组合的期待——尽管奥索夫多次否认有意竞选总统。
“我们与这两位非凡的爱国者和英雄并肩作战，”奥索夫开玩笑说，“很高兴能向各位沙漠同胞介绍一下这里的潮湿天气。”
凯利谈到了许多推动奥索夫连任竞选的议题，指责特朗普政府滥用权力。
“如果你对他们利用司法部、将政府武器化对付本国人民感到沮丧，我非常理解。你可能还记得我去年十一月说过的话，”他说道，指的是政府针对军事命令视频的施压行动。
随后两人进行了长时间的交谈，交流了各自的担忧，抨击特朗普，并呼吁选民行动起来。“我想对总统为数不多的支持者说，请对比他的承诺和你们得到的结果，并据此投票，”奥索夫说道。
奥索夫及其顾问对2028年的相关猜测采取了谨慎、保持距离的态度，试图让他远离这些讨论。他多次表示“毫无兴趣”竞选更高职位，称自己的关注点是正在进行的参议院竞选。
在周一晚间MS NOW的采访中，奥索夫表示：“我对2028年竞选总统毫无兴趣，坦率地说，我现在对2028年的‘幻想足球’也毫无兴趣。”
凯利曾被列为民主党候选人卡玛拉·哈里斯2024年竞选搭档的潜在人选之一，他更多地谈到了自己的考量，承认在多个公开场合表达过兴趣，但仍未决定是否参选。“我还没有做出决定。我考虑过，但目前还没有定论，”今年早些时候在关键总统初选州新罕布什尔州访问期间，他告诉当地电视台WMUR。
但两党内部都对这两位参议员充满热情，他们因沟通能力广受赞誉，并在曾是共和党票仓的州赢得了竞争激烈的选举。
尽管奥索夫试图压制2028年的相关猜测，但如果他能在佐治亚州这样的摇摆州赢得2026年的连任，将提升他作为白宫竞选竞争者的地位。
“民主党人常常要么陷入冲突，要么传递信息，而奥索夫两者兼顾。他不断抨击特朗普以吸引关注，但每一次抨击都直指腐败的后果。你永远不会在没有明确论点的情况下收到妙语，”资深民主党策略师杰西·弗格森说道。
奥索夫是2024年特朗普获胜州中唯一寻求连任的参议院民主党人，这使他成为本届选举周期中最脆弱的民主党在任议员。他在与柯林斯的竞选中表现强劲，民主党人寄望于他能在11月的选举中夺回参议院多数席位。
6月进行的福克斯新闻民调显示，奥索夫以13个百分点的优势领先柯林斯，但两党策略师都预计这场竞争在最后几个月会趋于胶着。奥索夫仍是民主党最高产的筹款人之一。自去年年初以来，他已筹集总计7720万美元，截至6月底拥有4260万美元的竞选资金。
奥索夫谨慎地应对民主党内部关于发展方向的复杂辩论，尽管柯林斯和共和党人试图将他与民主社会主义运动联系起来。
“我不会花太多时间思考民主党内部的派系政治，”他在6月接受CNN采访时表示，称尽管存在分歧，“这种分歧更多存在于那些将民主党初选视为政治全部视野的地区和人群中。”
这位参议员还获得了跨党派的支持，该州两名共和党市长最近背书了他的竞选，而非柯林斯。奥索夫在周二提到了他们的支持，这是他对共和党对手长篇批评的一部分。
“你可能已经看到，瓦尔多斯塔的保守派共和党市长现在加入了我们的阵营。佐治亚州蒂夫顿的共和党市长也加入了我们，未来几周还会有更多两党新朋友加入我们，因为这场竞选是为所有渴望体面、理智、能力和优质公共服务的人而战，”奥索夫说道。
这场竞选对奥索夫的未来以及民主党夺回参议院多数席位的希望都至关重要。凯利在周二也强调了这一点。
“这是我们夺回多数席位的关键战场。如果乔恩·奥索夫不能连任，我们就无法夺回多数席位，”这位亚利桑那州参议员说道。
Ossoff calls Trump a ‘draft-dodging, crook president,’ intensifying his feud with White House
2026-08-18T18:51:18.394Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/politics/jon-ossoff-trump-kelly
Sen. Jon Ossoff stood next to Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on Tuesday and delivered the kind of anti-Trump broadside that has become a campaign signature, marking the latest round in an escalating feud with the White House.
“I don’t think anything illustrates the times more aptly than that the draft-dodging, crook president, who has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win, tried to imprison this man, who embodies American heroism,” Ossoff said, referring to Kelly’s clash with the administration over his involvement in a video calling on military members to reject illegal orders.
For months, Ossoff has followed a consistent pattern: hold one large campaign rally each month, tear into President Donald Trump and his GOP opponent with easily digestible soundbites, and let those barbs ricochet around the internet.
Ossoff, who says he doesn’t have social media apps on his own phone, has learned how to capture the attention economy in ways few other Democratic politicians have – aside from perhaps the viral videos of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani or Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It’s part of what’s thrust Ossoff to the fore of conversations about the 2028 presidential race – even though he insists he has no interest in pursuing that higher office and is instead focused on keeping his Senate seat.
Ossoff has railed against Trump on corruption, high costs, and the war in Iran. His most viral critiques have typically focused on the president, but he’s also painted his GOP opponent, Rep. Mike Collins, as a “puppet” of Trump, referring to him on Tuesday as a “scandal pinata.”
The Democratic senator’s most recent viral speech, which referenced close Trump aide Natalie Harp, set off a new political feud with the White House. The moment has drawn millions of views on the social media platform X.
“While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings, he golfs, and trades stocks,” Ossoff said at a campaign rally Sunday.
He continued: “He doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar,” referring to Harp, the president’s executive assistant. Ossoff did not mention Harp during his event on Tuesday.
The initial comments drew swift backlash from the White House. Asked on Monday about Ossoff’s remark regarding Harp, the president referred to the Georgia senator as “Pee Wee Herman,” and White House communications director Steven Cheung called him “a radical, extremist Dumocrat” on social media.
On Tuesday, Ossoff appeared alongside Kelly, who has captured national attention amid his own clash with Trump and Kelly’s wife, Gabrielle Giffords, a former congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in 2011.
While focused on Ossoff’s reelection, the joint appearance by the prominent Democrats in Columbus, Georgia, also served as a window into what some Democrats might want as a future presidential ticket, even as Ossoff has repeatedly denied interest in a White House bid.
“We are joined by these two extraordinary patriots and heroes,” Ossoff said, joking, “it’s our pleasure to introduce you, desert folk, to humidity.”
Kelly hit on many of the themes that have animated Ossoff’s reelection campaign, accusing the Trump administration of abusing its power.
“If you’re frustrated about them using the Department of Justice and weaponizing the government against its people, I really understand that. You probably saw I said something last November,” he said, referring to the administration’s pressure campaign over the military orders video.
And the two sat for an extended conversation, sharing their concerns, hammering Trump, and calling voters to action. “I would address the president’s few remaining supporters to contrast his promises with the results you’ve been delivered, and to vote accordingly,” Ossoff said.
Ossoff and his advisers have adopted a cautious, arms-length approach to 2028 speculation, attempting to distance him from those conversations. He’s repeatedly expressed “zero interest” in a potential run for higher office, saying his focus is on the Senate race under way.
In an interview on MS NOW Monday night, Ossoff said, “I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now.”
Kelly – among those vetted as a contender to join the 2024 ticket with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris – has said more about his deliberations, acknowledging his interest in several public forums but maintaining that he’s undecided on whether to launch a bid. “I have not made a decision. I have thought about it, but no decision yet,” he told New Hampshire broadcaster WMUR during a visit to the key presidential primary state earlier this year.
But enthusiasm abounds within the party for both senators, who have drawn praise for their communications talent and who have won hotly contested races in once reliable red states.
And although he is attempting to tamp down 2028 speculation, a 2026 win by Ossoff in a battleground state like Georgia could boost his status as a contender for the White House.
“Too often, Democrats either drive conflict or drive message. Ossoff does both. He needles Trump constantly so he gets attention, but every jab lands on the consequences of corruption. You never get the punchline without the point,” said Jesse Ferguson, a veteran Democratic strategist.
Ossoff is the only Senate Democrat running for reelection in a state Trump won in 2024, making him the most vulnerable incumbent Democrat in this cycle. He’s emerged on strong footing in his race against Collins, which Democrats are banking on as they hope to reclaim the majority in November.
A Fox News poll conducted in June showed Ossoff up 13 points over Collins, though strategists in both parties expect the contest to tighten in the closing months. Ossoff remains one of the Democratic party’s most prolific fundraisers. He’s hauled in a total of $77.2 million since the beginning of last year and ended June with a $42.6 million war chest.
Ossoff has carefully navigated the complicated debate playing out about the direction of the Democratic Party, even as Collins and Republicans have attempted to tie him to the democratic socialist movement.
“I don’t spend much time thinking about factional, Democratic politics,” he told CNN in June, saying that while the divide exists, “it exists more in those places and for those people and groups for whom the Democratic primary is the horizon of politics.”
The senator has also garnered support from across the aisle, with two Republican mayors in the state recently endorsing his candidacy over Collins. He referenced their backing on Tuesday, part of an extended critique of his GOP opponent.
“You may have seen the conservative Republican mayor of Valdosta is now on this team. The Republican mayor of Tifton, Georgia, is now on this team, and there will be more new bipartisan friends joining us in the weeks ahead because this is a campaign for everybody who longs for decency and sanity and competence and quality public service,” Ossoff said.
It’s a must-win race, both for Ossoff’s future and the Democratic Party’s hopes of retaking the Senate. Kelly framed it as such on Tuesday.
“This is ground zero for us winning back the majority. We do not win back the majority if Jon Ossoff is not reelected,” the Arizona senator said.
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