‘Con Man’ and ‘Cowardly’: Personal Insults Fly in Heated Michigan, Georgia, Maine Senate Debates
Candidates traded accusations over Trump loyalty, tariffs and personal qualifications as both parties pressed to sway voters in two critical Senate races.
- On Thursday, incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff and Republican Rep. Mike Collins squared off in a heated Georgia Senate debate, with Ossoff questioning Collins's association with a white nationalist and what he called his "childlike devotion" to Donald Trump.
- Ossoff repeatedly pressed Collins to explain how Trump's tariffs benefit Georgia's economy given rising consumer costs, a question Collins never directly answered despite multiple attempts.
- In Michigan's Senate race, Republican Mike Rogers attacked Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, repeatedly calling him a "con man" and questioning his medical credentials and alleged ties to terrorist organizations.
- Rogers defended his position by citing calls this week to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about securing a trade deal, though El-Sayed dismissed the reversal as driven by sagging poll numbers.
- Georgia and Michigan remain critical battlegrounds for Senate control, yet many Republicans increasingly focus on other states as Democratic momentum widens in districts Trump won two years ago.
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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) pulled no punches in his debate with his pro-Trump opponent, Rep. Mike Collins — and hammered him again and again over his campaign ties to white supremacists and neo-Nazis, including his own son-in-law."It's not just that you've hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office and that you've promoted Neo-Nazi content online," said Ossoff. "It's that you're robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors."…
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‘Con man’ and ‘cowardly’: Personal insults fly in heated Michigan, Georgia Senate debates
By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — It didn’t take long for the personal attacks to fly in Thursday night’s debates for two marquee Senate races in Georgia and Michigan. Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff opened by effectively putting Republican Rep. Mike Collins’ record on trial, highlighting his association with a white nationalist
‘Con man’ and ‘cowardly’: Personal insults fly in heated Michigan, Georgia, Maine Senate debates
By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — It didn’t take long for the personal attacks to fly in Thursday night’s debates for two marquee Senate races in Georgia and Michigan.Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff opened by effectively putting Republican Rep. Mike Collins’ record on trial, highlighting his association with a white nationalist and
Ossoff and Collins trade personal attacks during heated Georgia Senate debate
In a combative debate, incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and his challenger, Republican Rep. Mike Collins, wasted no time trading blows on the economy, tariffs, health care cuts, data members, and more.
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